Due: 1391/8/21

Engineering Electromagnetics

Homework 6

1-The cylindrical region between two highly conducting circular plates with radius a is lled with a conducting
material with nonuniform conductivity = f ()g(z) in which f () and g(z) are positive functions. The height of
the cylinder is h.
(a) Find the potential function V (z) between the two plates
(b) Find the resistance between the two plates
a

V0

(, z)

2-An axially symmetric resistor with conductivity is shown in Fig. 1. The top and bottom faces of the
resistor at z = 0, l are covered with perfect conductors. The body of the resistor is a surface of revolution given
by equation = f (z) in cylindrical coordinates. Show that the resistance between the top and bottom faces is
1
R=

dz
f 2 (z)

then calculate the resistance between the two faces of a truncated sphere shown in Fig. 2
x

= f (z)

z
y

2b

Figure 1: Problem 2

Figure 2: Problem 2

3-A section of an spherical shell which is designated by a r b, 0 0 , 0 2, is lled with an

b2
inhomogeneous resistive material with conductivity (r) = 0 2 . Find the resistance between the top and bottom
r
b2
surfaces at r = a, b. Repeat the problem if the conductivity is (r, ) = 0 2 cos
r

(r)

2a
a

b
0 a
3a

Figure 3: Problem 3

Figure 4: Problem 4

4-() The space between two spherical electrodes with radius a and 3a is lled with two conducting materials
as shown in Fig. 4. One material with conductivity lls the space a < r < 2a and another with conductivity 5

Amir Borji

Sharif University of Technology

Due: 1391/8/21

Engineering Electromagnetics

Homework 6

lls the space 2a < r < 3a. Find the resistance between the two electrodes. Find the surface charge density at the
interface between the two material (r = 2a) if current I is owing from the inner electrode to the outer surface.
5-() In a coaxial cable the radius of inner conductor is a and that of the outer shell is(b. The material
lling
)
2
the space between the cylinders has an inhomogeneous conductivity given by = 0 1 + sin . Find the
resistance per unit length between the inner and outer conductors.
6-Two hemispherical grounding electrodes made of perfect conductor are immersed in the earth with nite
conductivity . The radius of each electrode is a and the distance between them is d which is much larger than
their radius (d 2a). If current I enters one electrode and exits from the other, nd the potential dierence
between the electrodes and the power dissipated in earth.
I

I
a

PEC

PEC
d

7-Consider a two wire transmission line with length l connected to a battery with constant voltage V0 at
one end and a load resistor RL at the other end. The conductivity of the wires is very high (c ) but the
conductivity of the medium between the wires d is nite. The distance between the wires d is much larger than
their radius (d 2a).
(a) Find the shunt conductance between the two wires Gd = 1/Rd per unit length
(b) Consider a dierential length x of the line and show that
dV
=0
dx

dI
= Gd V
dx

and then nd the expressions for the voltage V (x) and current I(x) on the line. How much power is dissipated in
the medium and how much power is dissipated in RL ?
(c)() If the conductivity of the wires c is nite, we cannot ignore their resistance. Again consider a dierential
length of the line x and show that it is equivalent to a series resistor Rc x (due to the wires) and a shunt resistor
with conductance Gd x (due to the surrounding medium). Using this model show that:
dV
= Rc I
dx

dI
= Gd V
dx

and nd the expressions for the voltage V (x) and current I(x) on the line.
d 2d

2a
I(x)

I0
V0

x=0

Amir Borji

RL

x=l

Sharif University of Technology