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EE2025 Engineering Electromagnetics: July-Nov 2022

Tutorial 3: Maxwell’s Equations

1. Prove that electric and magnetic fields obey the principle of superposition. Hint: Use Maxwell’s
equations to show this.
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2. Using the differential form of Maxwell’s equations, derive the continuity equation (∇J = − δt ).

3. A slab of perfect dielectric material (ϵr = 2) is placed in a microwave oven. The oven produces
an electric field (as well as a magnetic field). Assume that the electric field intensity is uniform
in space and sinusoidal in time and is in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the slab.
The microwave oven operates at a frequency of 2.45 GHz and produces an electric field intensity
with an amplitude 500 V/m inside the dielectric; calculate the displacement current density in
the dielectric.

4. a) Show that the ratio of the amplitudes of the conduction current density and the displacement
current density is σ/ωϵ for the applied field E = Em cos ωt. Assume µ = µ0 . b) Assuming that
seawater has µ = µ0 , ϵ = 81ϵ0 , σ = 20S/m, determine the frequency at which the conduction
current density is ten times the displacement current density in magnitude.

5. A cube of side L contains a flat plate with a variable surface charge density of σ = -3xy. If the
plate extends from x = 0 to x = L and from y = 0 to y = L, what is the total electric flux through
the walls of the cube?

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6. Find the magnetic flux produced by the magnetic field B = 5î − 3 ĵ + 4k̂ T through the top,
bottom, and side surfaces of the flared cylinder shown in the figure.

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7. Find the electric flux through a half-cylinder of height h due to an infinitely long line charge with
charge density λ running along the axis of the cylinder.

8. In a medium characterised by σ = 0, µ = µ0 , ϵ = ϵ0 , and

E = 20 sin(108 t − βz) ay V/m

calculate β and H.

9. A medium is characterised by σ = 0, µ = 2µ0 , and ϵ = 5ϵ0 . If

H = 2 cos(ωt − 3y) az A/m

calculate ω and E.

10. What values of A and β are required if the two fields given below satisfy Maxwell’s equations in
a linear, isotropic, homogeneous medium with ϵr = µr = 4 and σ = 0?

E = 120π cos(106 πt − βx ) ay V/m

H = Aπ cos(106 πt − βx ) az A/m

Assume there are no current or charge densities in space.

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