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Solutions for Chapter 3 HW3 Problems
P3.6: A conductive loop in the shape of an equilateral triangle of side 8.0 cm is centered in
the x-y plane. It carries 20.0 mA current clockwise when viewed from the +az direction.
Find H(0, 0, 16cm).
The situation is illustrated in Figure P3.6a. The sketch in Figure P3.6b is used to find the
+x-axis intercept for the triangle. By simple trigonometry we have:
b
= tan 30 ;and since a = 4 cm we find b = 2.31 cm.
a
Now for one segment we adapt Eqn. (3.7):
+a
Ia é z ù
H1 = f ê ú
4pr ëê z 2 + r 2 úû
-a
with rar = RaR,
R = -2.31a x + 16a z , R = 16.17cm, af = -a y ´ a R = -0.99a x - 0.143a z
H1 =
( 20 x10 A) ( -0.99a - 0.143a ) é
-3
x z 2 ( 4) ù
ê ú
4p (16.17 x10 m )
-2
ë 42 + 16.17 2 û
H1 = -4.7ax – 0.68az mA/m
Now by symmetry the total H contains only the az component:
Htot = -2.0 mA/m az.
Fig. P3.6a Fig. P3.6b
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P3.8: A conductive loop on the x-y plane is bounded by r = 2.0 cm, r = 6.0 cm, f = 0° and
f = 90°. 1.0 A of current flows in the loop, going in the af direction on the r = 2.0 cm arm.
Determine H at the origin.
By inspection of the figure, we see
that only the arc portions of the
loop contribute to H.
From a ring example we have:
2p
Ia 2a z
3 ò
H= df
4p ( h + a ) 0
2 2 2
For the r = a segment of the loop:
p /2
Ia 2a z I
3 ò
Ha = df = a z
4p a 0 8a
Ib 2a z
0
-I Fig. P3.8
At r = b: H b =
4p b3 p
ò df = 8b a
/2
z ;
I æ1 1ö 1æ 1 1 ö A
So HTOT = ç - ÷ a z = ç - ÷ a z = 4.2a z
8èa bø 8 è 0.02 0.06 ø m
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P3.13: A 4.0 cm wide ribbon of current is centered about the y-axis on the x-y plane and
has a surface current density K = 2p ay A/m. Determine the magnetic field intensity at the
point (a) P(0, 0, 2cm), (b) Q(2cm, 2cm, 2cm).
(a) Because of the symmetry (Figure P3.13a),
we can use a modified Eqn. (3.14):
Ky æd ö
H= tan -1 ç ÷ a x
p èaø
2p æ2ö A
= tan -1 ç ÷ a x = 1.57a x
p è2ø m
(b) Referring to Figure P3.13b;
I
dH = af ;
2pr Fig. P3.13a
Ra r = r a r ; where R = ( d - x ) a x + aa z
( d - x ) + a 2 , and
2
so r =
aR =
( d - x ) a x + aa z . So
( d - x ) + a2
2
aa + ( x - d ) a z
af = a y ´ a R = x
( d - x ) + a2
2
K y ( aa x + xa z - da z ) dx
2p ò
H=
( d - x ) + a2
2
Fig. P3.13b
This is separated into 3 integrals, each
one solved via numerical integration,
resulting in:
H=1.1083ax +0.3032az – 1.1083az; or
H = 1.1ax – 0.80az A/m
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P3.16: Given the field H = 3y2 ax, find the current passing through a square in the x-y plane
that has one corner at the origin and the opposite corner at (2, 2, 0).
Referring to Figure P3.6, we evaluate the circulation of H around the square path.
b c d a
ò H dL = I enc = ò + ò + ò + ò
a b c d
b
ò 3(0)
2
a x dxa x = 0
a
c
ò 3y a dya y = 0
2
x
b
d 0
ò 3 ( 2 ) a x dxa x = 12ò dx = -24
2
c 2
a
ò =0
d
Fig. P3.16
So we have Ienc = 24 A. The negative
Sign indicates current is going in the
-az direction.
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P3.19: An infinitesimally thin metallic cylindrical shell of radius 4.0 cm is centered on the
z-axis and carries an evenly distributed current of 10.0 mA in the +az direction. (a)
Determine the value of the surface current density on the conductive shell and (b) plot H
as a function of radial distance from the z-axis over the range 0 ≤ r ≤ 12 cm.
I 10mA mA mA
(a) K s = = = 39.8 ; so K = 40a z
2p a 2p ( 0.04m ) m m
(b) for r < a, H = 0. For r > a we have:
I
H= af
2pr
Fig. P3.19a Fig. P3.19b