Charged Pole

A solid pole of radius 0.1 m 0.1 m and height 3.0 m 3.0 m has charge density ρ = 100 e z ( x 2 + y 2 ) 1 4 C m 3 . \rho = 100{e}^{-z} {\left({x}^{2}+{y}^{2} \right)}^{\frac{-1}{4}} \frac{C}{{m}^{3}}. What is the enclosed charge of the pole in Coulombs?

The base of the pole is set at zero.


The answer is 12.59.

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1 solution

Steven Zheng
Dec 14, 2014

Begin with Q e n c l o s e d = ρ d V {Q}_{enclosed} = \iiint { \rho dV } , which in this case is Q e n c l o s e d = 0 h 0 2 π 0 R 100 e z ( x 2 + y 2 ) 1 / 4 r d r d θ d z . {Q}_{enclosed}=\int _{ 0 }^{ h }{ \int _{ 0 }^{ 2\pi }{ \int _{ 0 }^{ R }{ 100{ e }^{ -z }{ \left( { x }^{ 2 }+{ y }^{ 2 } \right) }^{ -1/4 }rdrd\theta dz } } } .

We switch to cylindrical coordinates ( x 2 + y 2 ) = r 2 \left( { x }^{ 2 }+{ y }^{ 2 } \right) ={r}^{2} ; hence, Q e n c l o s e d = 0 h 0 2 π 0 R 100 e z ( r ) 1 / 2 d r d θ d z . {Q}_{enclosed} = \int _{ 0 }^{ h }{ \int _{ 0 }^{ 2\pi }{ \int _{ 0 }^{ R }{ 100{ e }^{ -z }{ \left(r \right) }^{ 1/2 }drd\theta dz } } } .

The result is then Q e n c l o s e d = 400 π 3 ( 1 e h ) R 3 / 2 . {Q}_{enclosed}=\frac{400 \pi}{3} \left(1-{e}^{-h} \right) {R}^{3/2}.

Instead of putting limits from 0 to h, why didn't you put limit from -h/2 to +h/2 ?

Mayank Singh - 5 years, 10 months ago

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I see what you mean. I will add "treat the base at 0"

Steven Zheng - 5 years, 10 months ago

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At last, you got me! Well, in my third attempt I integrated from 0 to h, and managed to solve it.

Mayank Singh - 5 years, 10 months ago

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@Mayank Singh Sorry, I've been busy lately and haven't attended to Brilliant for two weeks.

Steven Zheng - 5 years, 10 months ago

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