NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF EEE
EE 1102 PHYSICS II
TUTORIAL 2
1. (a) Consider a closed triangular box (with no charge enclosed) resting within a horizontal electric
field of magnitude E = 7.8x104 N/C. Calculate the electric flux through
(i) the vertical rectangular surface,
(ii) the slanted surface and
(iii) the entire surface of the box. Relate your answer to the flow of electric field lines.
[2.34 kNm2/C, +2.34 kNm2/C]
(a) A pyramid (with no charge enclosed) with a 6m square base and height of 4m is placed in a
region with a vertical electric field directed upward of 52 N/C. Using Gauss’s law, calculate
the total electric flux through the pyramid’s four slanted surfaces. [1.87 kNm2/C]
2. A closed surface with dimensions a = b = 0.4 m and c = 0.6 m is located as shown. The electric
field throughout the region is non-uniform given by E = ( 3 + 2x2 ) i N/C, where x is in meter.
(a) Calculate the net electric flux leaving the closed surface. [0.269 Nm2/C]
(b) What is the net charge enclosed by the surface? [2.3810-12 C]
3. A point charge Q is placed at the center of a cube of side L.
(a) What is the total flux through the whole surface of the cube? [Q/o]
(b) What is the total flux though each face of the cube? [Q/(6o)]
(c) Would your answers to parts (a) and (b) change if the charge Q is
not at the center of the cube, but is still located within the cube. Explain.
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4. A solid insulating sphere of radius a has a uniform volume charge density and a total charge Q.
Concentric with this sphere is an uncharged, conducting hollow sphere whose inner and outer
radii are b and c respectively.
(a) Determine the induced charge per unit area on the inner and outer surfaces of the hollow
sphere. [Q/4b2, Q/4c2]
(b) Find the electric field in the regions r < a, a < r < b, b < r < c and r > c. [r/(3o), keQ/r2, 0,
keQ/r2]
5. A long, straight wire is surrounded by a hollow metal cylinder whose axis coincides with that of
the wire. The wire has a charge per unit length of , and the cylinder has a net charge per unit
length of 2. Determine
(a) the charge per unit length on the inner and outer surfaces of the cylinder, [, 3]
(b) the electric field outside the cylinder, a distance r from the axis, and [3/(2or)]
(c) the electric field just outside the outer surface of the cylinder, assuming that the cylinder has a
radius of a. Show that the result is also given by /o where is the surface charge density on
the outer surface of the cylinder. [3/(2oa)]
6. Please attempt the following past year exam questions:
AY18/19 Sem 2 Q3(a) [0, 10 C, 0, 5 C, E = 9.17106 N/C, pointing inward towards
the solid sphere radially]
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AY20/21 Sem 2 Q1(b) [ = 5 Nm2/C, qin = 4.42710-11 C]