Engineering Electromagnetics
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Author: Hayt, William H. (william Hart), Jr, BUCK, John A.
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.18P
Find the potential at the origin produced by a line charge
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Engineering Electromagnetics
Ch. 4 - Given E = Exax + Eyay + Ez3z V/m, where EX, Ey,...Ch. 4 - A positive point charge of magnitude q1 lies at...Ch. 4 - Given E=Epap+Ea+Ez+azV/m, where Ep, E and E2 are...Ch. 4 - An electric field in free space is given by...Ch. 4 - Consider the vector field G = (A/p) aa where A is...Ch. 4 - A electric field in free space is given as...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.7PCh. 4 - Given E=-xax+yay,(a) find the work involved in...Ch. 4 - An electric field intensity in spherical...Ch. 4 - A sphere of radios a carries a surface density of...
Ch. 4 - At large distances from a dipole antenna (to be...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.12PCh. 4 - Thee identical point charges of 4 pC each are...Ch. 4 - Given the electric field E=(y+1)ax+(x1)ay+2az find...Ch. 4 - Two uniform lines, 8 nC/m, are located at x=1, z=2...Ch. 4 - A spherically symmetric charge distribution in...Ch. 4 - Uniform surface charge densities of 6 and 2 nC/m2...Ch. 4 - Find the potential at the origin produced by a...Ch. 4 - Volume charge density is given as pv=poer/C/m3,...Ch. 4 - En a certain medium, the electric potential is...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.21PCh. 4 - A Line charge of infinite length lies along the z...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.23PCh. 4 - A certain spherically symmetric charge...Ch. 4 - Consider an electric field intensity in free space...Ch. 4 - Let us assume that we have a very thin, square,...Ch. 4 - By performing an appropriate Line integral from...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.28PCh. 4 - A dipole having a moment P=3ax-5ay+10aznC.m is...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.30PCh. 4 - A potential field in free space is expressed as...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4.32PCh. 4 - Prob. 4.33PCh. 4 - A sphere of radius a contains volume charge of...Ch. 4 - Four 0.8 nC point charge are located in free space...Ch. 4 - Surface charge of uniform density ps lies on a...
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