Exercises — Applications — sphere, cylinder, infinite plane
1.8.7 · D4· Physics › Electromagnetism › Applications — sphere, cylinder, infinite plane
Yeh ek self-testing ladder hai. Har problem clearly likhi gayi hai; poora worked solution ek collapsible Solution callout ke andar chhupa hai — pehle khud try karo, phir dekho. Difficulty L1 Recognition (sahi formula pehchanno) se L5 Mastery (sab kuch combine karo) tak badhti hai. Parent topic: Applications — sphere, cylinder, infinite plane.
Poore notes mein main aur use karta hoon. Symbols: = total charge, = ek line ke metre mein charge, = ek sheet ke square metre mein charge, = ek solid ke cubic metre mein charge, = point/centre se distance, = axis se perpendicular distance.
Level 1 — Recognition
Goal: geometry padho, aur Gauss's Law se sahi one-liner chuno.
Problem 1.1
Ek point-like ball carry karta hai, jo radius ke metal sphere par spread hai. Centre se par field magnitude kya hai?
Recall Solution
Symmetry: spherical. Surface: radius ka ek sphere, jo se bahar hai. Flux yahan kyun collapse hota hai: is concentric sphere par, spherical symmetry force karti hai ki ka magnitude har jagah same ho aur seedha bahar point kare — bilkul har tile ke ke saath. Toh har tile contribute karta hai , aur tile areas ka sum sphere ka area deta hai. Isi liye hota hai aur integral plain multiplication ban jaata hai. Kyunki hum bahar hain, sara charge enclosed hai aur woh ek point charge ki tarah act karta hai: Numerator ; denominator . Upar ko neeche se divide karne par (yeh bas hai) milta hai: Direction: radially outward (positive charge test charge ko door push karta hai).
Problem 1.2
Ek infinite sheet (isolated, conductor nahi) carry karta hai. Sheet se aur par field nikalo.
Recall Solution
Symmetry: planar. Flux yahan kyun collapse hota hai: ek pillbox jo sheet ko pierce karta hai, uspar sheet ke perpendicular hai, isliye dono flat faces par woh ke parallel hai (har ek contribute karta hai) lekin side walls par ke perpendicular hai (woh tiles sideways skim karti hain → zero). Isi liye sirf dono faces count karti hain aur hota hai. Isolated-sheet ka result distance-independent hai: Same value aur par — yahi poora point hai: ek infinite sheet ka field distance ke saath kabhi weak nahi hota. Direction: sheet positive hai, toh field sheet se dono sides door point karta hai — left face par left aur right face par right, har jagah sheet ke perpendicular.
Problem 1.3
Ek lambi straight wire mein hai. par nikalo.
Recall Solution
Symmetry: axial (cylindrical). Flux yahan kyun collapse hota hai: ek coaxial cylinder par, radially outward point karta hai, toh curved side par woh ke parallel aur constant hai (contributing ), jabki dono flat end caps par , ke perpendicular hai → zero. Isi liye hota hai. Line-charge result: Direction: wire se radially door.
Level 2 — Application
Goal: ek clean plug, lekin pehle inside vs outside decide karna hoga, ya surface konsa formula pick karta hai yeh samajhna hoga.
Problem 2.1
Radius ka ek solid insulating sphere total charge apne volume mein uniformly carry karta hai. (inside) par nikalo.
Neeche ki figure exactly isi tarah ke sphere ke liye field ka behaviour plot karti hai: andar seedha line mein rise karta hai (teal), phir bahar ke roop mein girta hai (orange), surface par peak karta hai (plum dashed line). Hamara point rising teal branch par hai, toh hum surface maximum se chhota value expect karte hain.

Recall Solution
Symmetry: spherical. Surface: radius ka sphere, toh hum inside hain. Sirf radius ke andar ka charge count hota hai.
Gauss's law explicitly set up karo. Hamare sphere par constant hai aur radially point karta hai, toh har tile par , ke parallel hai (definition box yaad karo: har tile ka outward arrow hai). Isliye har tile deta hai aur tiles ka sum sphere ka area hai: Kyun: factor out hota hai (surface par constant), aur bas sphere ka area hai.
Kitna charge enclosed hai? sara nahi — sirf radius ke andar ka fraction. Uniform density ke saath, woh density times chhote ball ka volume hai: Kyun: charge volume mein evenly spread hai, toh enclosed charge = density × enclosed volume.
Equal karo aur solve karo. Dono sides se cancel karo aur right side ke se ka ek power cancel karo (isi liye field linear end up hota hai — area ki tarah grow karta hai lekin enclosed charge ki tarah, ek power of bach jaata hai):
Numbers. Volume density: Equivalent form ( calculate karne se bachne ke liye; ko mein substitute karo): ✓
Problem 2.2
Ek charged conductor ki surface ke bilkul bahar local surface density hai. Surface ke bilkul bahar field nikalo.
Recall Solution
Conductor surface, isolated sheet nahi, toh version use karo (sara flux bahar jaata hai; metal ke andar field zero hai — dekho Conductors in Electrostatics):
Problem 2.3
Do large parallel plates aur carry karte hain jahan hai. Plates ke beech aur bahar field nikalo.
Recall Solution
Do isolated sheets superpose karo (Parallel Plate Capacitor). Har ek deta hai. Beech mein: dono fields ek hi direction mein point karti hain, toh add ho jaati hain: Bahar: dono fields opposite directions mein point karti hain aur cancel ho jaati hain: .
Level 3 — Analysis
Goal: reason karo ki charge kahaan baithta hai, ya ek piecewise field graph padho.
Problem 3.1
Inner radius aur outer radius ka ek conducting shell ek point charge ko apne centre mein gherta hai. Shell khud neutral hai (koi net charge nahi). Nikalo: (i) inner wall par induced charge, (ii) outer wall par charge, aur (iii) par field.
Solution reveal karne se pehle figure dekho: origin par orange dot centre charge hai; teal shaded ring dono teal circles ke beech metal hai (jahan hai); inner teal circle (radius ) inner wall hai — uska plum arrow-label padhta hai " induced"; outer teal circle (radius ) outer wall hai — uska orange arrow-label padhta hai ""; aur dashed orange circle bahut bahar (radius ) part (iii) ke liye use hone wala Gaussian sphere hai.

Recall Solution
(i) Inner wall. Shell ke metal ke andar, hai. Metal ke andar ek Gaussian sphere banao (). Kyunki wahan hai, enclosed charge zero hona chahiye. Centre charge hai, toh inner wall ko usse cancel karne ke liye carry karna hoga: . (ii) Outer wall. Shell overall neutral hai, toh uski dono walls ka sum zero hai: . (iii) par field (sab kuch se bahar). par Gaussian sphere plus dono walls enclose karta hai: net.
Problem 3.2
Ek uniformly charged solid insulating sphere (, radius ) ke liye, kis distance par field maximum hai, aur woh maximum value aur ke terms mein kya hai?
Recall Solution
Andar (): — linearly rise karta hai, par sabse bada. Bahar (): — girta hai, par sabse bada. Dono branches exactly surface par milti hain aur peak karti hain, : Field wahan continuous hai (ek acha sanity check): kisi bhi formula mein daalo, same result milega.
Level 4 — Synthesis
Goal: Gauss's law ko potential ke saath, ya do nested geometries ke saath combine karo.
Problem 4.1
use karke, radius aur carry karne wale conducting sphere ki surface par electric potential nikalo. (Potential zero at infinity — dekho Electric Potential.)
Recall Solution
Potential woh work per unit charge hai jo ek test charge ko infinity se laane mein lagta hai: Yahan integral kyun? tumhe har point par force per charge batata hai; potential puri path par accumulated push hai, jo exactly woh hai jo integral sum karta hai. Numerically:
Problem 4.2
Ek solid insulating sphere (radius , uniform ) apni surface par ka field produce karta hai. nikalo.
Recall Solution
Surface par inside aur outside formulas agree karti hain; use karo aur ke liye solve karo:
Problem 4.3
Ek coaxial cable: inner wire mein aur outer cylindrical shell mein hai. (conductors ke beech) aur (poore cable ke bahar) par nikalo.
Recall Solution
Beech mein (): Gaussian cylinder sirf inner wire ka enclose karta hai: Bahar (): length per enclosed charge hai, toh hai. Cable externally "silent" hai — isi liye coax shield karta hai.
Level 5 — Mastery
Goal: sab kuch ek saath — nested charges, superposition, limiting behaviour.
Problem 5.1
Radius aur uniform wala ek solid insulating sphere hai. Uske concentric radius ka ek thin conducting shell hai jisme total charge hai. (a) , (b) , (c) par nikalo.
Recall Solution
Pehle insulator ka total charge: . (a) (insulator ke andar): sirf ke andar ka charge count hota hai. (b) (insulator aur shell ke beech): is radius par Gaussian sphere poora enclose karta hai; conducting shell par bahar baitha hai, toh jo enclosed hai usme kuch contribute nahi karta. ko centre par point charge maano: (c) (sab kuch se bahar): ab Gaussian sphere insulator ka aur shell ka dono enclose karta hai:
Problem 5.2
Do infinite parallel sheets: sheet A mein hai, sheet B mein hai (dono positive, dono isolated sheets). Teen regions mein nikalo: dono ke left mein, beech mein, dono ke right mein. Magnitude aur direction do.
Figure sign convention fix karta hai: rightward = positive. Orange arrows sheet A ki field hain (hamesha A se door), plum arrows sheet B ki hain (hamesha B se door). Har region mein, dekho har arrow kis taraf point karta hai, phir unhe sign ke saath add karo — yahi exactly woh bookkeeping hai jo solution karta hai.

Recall Solution
Har isolated sheet banati hai apni dono sides par door point karti hui. Rightward ko positive maano. Field units mein, aur hai. Dono ke left mein: dono left point karti hain (door, − ki taraf). → magnitude , left ki taraf. Beech mein (A left par, B right par): A right push karta hai (+), B left push karta hai (−). → magnitude , right ki taraf. Dono ke right mein: dono right point karti hain (+). → magnitude , right ki taraf.
Problem 5.3
Limiting check. Line charge ke liye, explain karo kyun ek finite charged rod ke bahut paas law ek acha approximation hai, lekin door jaane par field mein cross over kyun karna chahiye. Clearly batao ki finite rod se door Gauss's-law ka kaun sa assumption fail karta hai.
Recall Solution
Gauss's law deta hai sirf tabhi jab field purely radial aur axis ke saath constant ho — jo require karta hai ki source aise dikhe jaise tum uske saath slide karo (translational/axial symmetry), taaki Gaussian cylinder ke end caps zero flux carry karen.
Paas se (). Jab tumhari distance rod ki length se bahut chhoti hai, toh dono ends bahut dur hain aur practically invisible hain. Locally rod "infinite" lagti hai: field essentially radial hai, end-cap flux negligible hai, aur derivation ka assumption hold karta hai. Toh law yahan ek excellent approximation hai.
Door se (). Ab poori rod ek chhota sa angle subtend karti hai — woh ek single dot of total charge ki tarah lagti hai. Point charge ki field ki tarah fall off hoti hai, toh field (paas) se (door) mein cross over karni chahiye. In dono regimes ke beech ek smooth transition hoti hai.
Kaun sa assumption fail hota hai? Axial / translational symmetry (axis ke saath invariance). Ek finite rod aise nahi hai jaise tum uske saath slide karo — ends ke paas field tilt ho jaati hai aur purely radial nahi rehti, toh Gaussian cylinder ke end caps ab zero flux carry nahi karte. Jab end-cap flux matter karta hai, toh clean step invalid ho jaata hai. Takeaway: tidy formula sirf idealised infinite line ke liye exact hai; finite rod ke liye woh ek near-field approximation hai jo door jaate jaate point-charge mein decay ho jaati hai.
Recall One-line self-test ladder
Recognition ::: symmetry ka naam lo aur , , ya constant pick karo Application ::: inside vs outside decide karo, phir ek baar plug karo Analysis ::: in metal + conservation use karo induced charge place karne ke liye Synthesis ::: integrate karke ko se link karo, ya do geometries combine karo Mastery ::: vectors ko sahi signs aur enclosed-charge bookkeeping ke saath superpose karo