PaperElectricityandMagnetismII

F.M40
TIME100mints

GroupA(AnswerAnyFive)

2x5=10

1a)Achargeqsitsatthebackcornerofacube,asshownin
Figure.WhatisthefluxofEthroughtheshadedside?

b)FromCoulomb'sLaw,Showthattheelectrostaticforceis
conservative.
c)Asphereofhomogeneouslineardieltricmaterialisplacedinauniform
eletricfield.Writetheapproproateboundarycondination.
B . d s =
A . d l , where
A magneticvector
d)Provethatthemagneticflux =
potential.
e)ProveEarnshaw'stheoremthatisacollectionofpointchargecannotbe
maintainedinastablestationaryequilibriumconfigurationsolelybythe
electrostaticinteractionofthecharges.
d)Howmagneticcircuitdifferfromelectriccircuit?
GroupA(AnswerAnyThree)

3x10=30

2a)Auniformchargedsphererotateswithconstantangularvelocity.
Calculatemagneticinductionatthecenterofsphere
b)DrawtheElectriclinesofforceincaseofelectrodynamic
c)Findoutthesolidanglesubtendedbycircularsheetofradiusaata
normaldistancerfromitscenter.

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3a)Apointchargeqisheldatadistancedaboveaninfiniteground
conductingplane.Findthepotentialintheregionabovetheplane,bringing
outtheroleofuniquenesstheoreminthesolutionoftheproblem.Usingthe
boundaryconditionfortheelectricfieldatthesurfaceoftheconductorin
thegivenproblem.

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b)A100W200VelectriclamphastobeconnectedtoA.Cmainswithr.m.s
voltage400Vandfrequency50Hz.Whatcapacitymustbeaddedinseries
withlamptoobtainthenormalglowforwhichthelamphasbeendesigned?
Calculatethepowerfactorofthecircuit.
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4a)Twosphericalcavities,ofradiiaandb,arehollowedoutfromthe
interiorofa(neutral)conductingsphereofradiusR.Atthecenterofeach
cavityapointchargeisplacedcallthesechargesqaandqb.
Findi)Findthesurfacecharges a , b R
ii)Whatisthefieldoutsidetheconductor?
iii)Whatisthefieldwithineachcavity?
iv)Whatistheforceonqaandqb?
v)Whichoftheseanswerswouldchangeifathirdcharge,qcwere
broughtneartheconductor?
1+1+1+1+3
b)calculateavalueforthelossofenergyduetohysteresiswhen5kgofiron
issubjectedfor1hourtocyclemagneticchangesoffrequency25cycles/sec
iftheareahysteresislooprepresentaloss2.5x10 2erg/c.c/cyclethedensity
ofiron7.8gm/c.c.
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5)a)AttheinterfacebetweentwodielectricElectric
fieldlinesbendasshowninthefigershowthat
tan 2 2
assumingthereisnofreecharge.
=
tan 1 1

b)verifythattheformagneticvectorpotential
=1 (r x B
)
A
2

c)Ametalbarofmassmslidesfrictionlesslyontwoparallelconductingrails
adistanceLapart.AresistorRisconnectedacrosstherailsandauniform
magneticfieldB,pointingintothepage,fillstheentireregion.
i)Ifthebarmovestotherightatspeedv,whatisthecurrentintheresistor?
Inwhatdirectiondoesitflow?
ii)Whatisthemagneticforceonthebar?Inwhatdirection?
iii)Ifthebarstartsoutwithspeedv0attimet=0,andislefttoslide,whatis
itsspeedatalatertimet?
1
2
mv 0 Checkthe
iv)Theinitialkineticenergyofthebarwas,ofcourse,
2
1
mv 20
energydeliveredtotheresistorisexactly

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