UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

EE311 EE Principles 3 Dr WH Siew/Prof I Glesk

Tutorial Block 5-1: Wave propagation (unbounded lossy-medium)


Q1
The skin depth of a certain nonmagnetic conducting material is 2m at 5GHz.
Determine the phase velocity in the material.

Ans: 6.28x10
4
m/s


Q2
The electric field of a plane wave propagating in a nonmagnetic medium is given by:
E =
.
z 25 e
-30x
cos (2t x 10
9
t 40 x). Obtain the corresponding expression for H.

Ans:
m A x t e
o x
/ ) 85 . 36 40 10 2 cos( 16 . 0
9 30
=

.
t y H


Q3
In a nonmagnetic, lossy, dielectric medium, a 300-MHz plane wave is characterized
by the magnetic phasor
H = (
.
x j 4
.
z ) e
-2y
e
j9y
A/m
Obtain time-domain expressions for the electric and magnetic field vectors.

Ans:

c
r

= 1.95; c
r

= 0.91; q
c
= 256.9e
j12.6


m A y t e y t e
m V y t e y t e
y y
O y O y
/ ) 9 sin( 4 z ) 9 cos( x H
/ ) 6 . 12 9 cos( 9 . 256 z ) 6 . 102 9 cos( 10 03 . 1 x E
2 2
2 2 3
+ =
+ + + =

.
e e
e e



Q4
A rectangular copper block is 30 cm in height (along z). In response to a wave incident
upon the block from above, a current is induced in the block in the positive x-direction.
Determine the ratio of the a-c resistance of the block to its d-c resistance at 1 kHz. The
relevant properties of copper are conductivity o = 5.8 x 10
7
S/m, relative permeability

r
~1, permeability
0
= 4t x 10
-7
H/m, and permittivity c
0
= 8.854 x 10
-12
F/m.

Ans: 143.55
Q5
The electric field phasor of a uniform plane wave travelling downward
.
z in water is
given by
E =
.
x 10 e
-0.2z
e
-j 0.2 z
(V/m)

Where
.
x is the downward direction and z = 0 is the water surface. If o = 4

S/m,
a) obtain an expression for the average power density
b) Determine the attenuation rate
c) Determine the depth at which the power density has been reduced by 40dB.

Ans: a)
2 4 . 0
/ 500 m W e
z
.
z
b) -1.74z dB
b) 23.03 m


Q6
A wave travelling in lossless, nonmagnetic medium has electric field amplitude of
24.56 V/m and an average power density of 4 W/m
2
. Determine the phase velocity of
the wave.

Ans: 6 x 10
7
m/s


Q7
Consider the imaginary rectangular box shown below.

a) Determine the net power flux P(t) entering the box due to a plane wave in air
given by
E =
.
x E
0
cos (et ky) (V/m)

b) Determine the net time average power entering the box




Ans: a) )] ( cos [cos ) (
2 2
2
kb t t ac
E
t P
o
o
= e e
q


b) 0
x
y
z
a
b
c