Sulaimani University Fourth Stage

College of Sciences Electromagnetic

Physics Department Time: 75 minutes

Q1/
transform into spherical coordinate and find its magnitude at point 3, 4, 0 .

Q2/ Verify Stoke’s theorem for a vector field , in the segment of cylindrical surface
defined by 2, , and 0 3.

Q3/ Determine the flux of through the entire prism shown in Fig(2).

Q4/ Show that the scalar function , is harmonic at point √3, , 0 .

ρ
Cylindrical Coordinate:

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Spherical Coordinate:

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 Sulaimani University - College of Sciences - Physics Department
First Examination (5/11/2009)
Electromagnetic

Q1/
transform into spherical coordinate and find its magnitude at point 3, 4, 0 .

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0
0
0 1 0

√9 16 5
√25 5
0
90
5
4
53.13
3

5 sin 90 cos 53.13 5 0 cos 90 sin 53.13

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5 cos 90 cos 53.13 5 0 sin 90 sin 53.13

3 0 0.018
Q2/ Verify Stoke’s theorem for a vector field , in the segment of cylindrical surface
defined by 2 , 60 90 , and 0 3.

The mathematical representation of Stokes’s theorem is given by:

r r r
∫ A ⋅ dl = ∫ ∇ × A ⋅ ds
L L

The line integral around a closed path defined by these bounded region is as follows:

r b r c r d r a r

∫
L
B ⋅ dl = ∫ B ⋅
a
dl + ∫ B ⋅ dl + ∫ B
b
⋅ dl + ∫ B ⋅ dl
c d
br ρ
∫ ⋅ dl = ∫ B z aˆ z ⋅ ρ dφ aˆφ = 0
a
B

cos φ
c r 3
cos 90 3

∫b B ⋅ dl = ∫ z z
B a
ˆ ⋅ dz a
ˆ z = ∫0 ρ dz = 2 × z 0
=0

dr
∫ ⋅ dl = ∫ B z aˆ z ⋅ ρ dφ (−aˆφ ) = 0
c
B

cos φ
a r 3
cos 60 3 3
∫d B ⋅ dl = ∫ z z
B a
ˆ ⋅ dz ( −aˆ z ) = ∫0 ρ dz = − 2 × z 0
=−
4

r r
The left hand side of the Stokes’s theorem is : ∫ ∇ × A ⋅ ds
s

aˆ ρ ρ aˆφ aˆ z
r r 1 ∂ ∂ ∂ 1 ⎡ sin φ cos φ ⎤
∇×B =
ρ ∂ρ ∂φ
=
ρ ⎢aˆ ρ (− ρ + 0) + ρ aˆφ (0 + 2 ) + aˆ z (0 − 0)⎥
∂z ⎣ ρ ⎦
cos φ
0 0
ρ
r r 1
∇ × B = 2 [cos φ aˆφ − sin φ aˆ ρ ]
ρ

Hence,
π /2 3
r r sin φ
∫ (∇ × B ) ⋅ ds =
1
∫ 2 [cos φ a
ˆ φ − sin φ a
ˆ ρ ] ⋅ ρ dz d φ a
ˆ ρ = ∫ ∫ − 2 ρ dz dφ
s s ρ π /3 0 ρ
r r 1 π /2 3 1
∫ × B) ⋅ ds = − × (cos φ )
(∇
s
ρ π /3
× ( z)
0
= × (cos π / 2 − cos π / 3) × (3 − 0)
2
r r 3 1 r r 3
∫s × B) ⋅ ds = 2 (0 − 2 )
(∇ ⇒ ∫ (∇ × B) ⋅ ds = −
s
4

It is clearly seen that the left and right hand side has the same value, which indicates the validity
of the Stokes’s theorem.
Q3/ Determine the flux of through the entire prism shown in Fig(2).

z
c
The equation of surface (abc) is:

1, 3, 6 y
b
6 2 6 6 6 2
x a

The equation of line (ab) is:

3 3 3 3
To find flux through the entire prism we can use divergence theorem:
. · · 3

. 3

. 3 6 6 2

3 3
. 3 6 3 3 6 3 3 2
2

. 27

1 1 1
. 27 7.65
3 4 5

Q4/ Show that if the scalar function , is harmonic at point √3, , 0 .

1 ∂ ∂H 1 ∂ ∂H 1 ∂ H
H r sinθ
r ∂r ∂r r sinθ ∂θ ∂θ r sin θ ∂φ
1 ∂ 1 ∂ 1
H r sin θ e sinθ 2 sin θ cosθ e 0
r ∂r r sinθ ∂θ r sin θ
sin θ 2e
H r e 2r e sin θ 2 sin θ cos θ
r r sinθ
sin θ 2e
H e r 2 2 cos θ sin θ
r r

At point √3, , 0 , H 0 is not harmonic.