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written by Paul Falstad
This applet simulates the electric field and potential for various charge distributions, including point, line, dipole, spherical and other charges. There is also a simulation, with adjustable speed, of a charge moving close to the speed of light. The field can be displayed as a velocity or force field with particles following field lines, or as field or equipotential lines. The potential and fields can be displayed in 3-D or on a movable 2-D slice. The field strength and number of particles is adjustable, and the charge can be reversed.  Source code and directions (also in German) are included.

Please note that this resource requires Java.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electric Fields and Potential
- Electrostatics
- Upper Undergraduate
- Graduate/Professional
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Learners
- application/java
- application/zip
- text/html
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Keywords:
charge dipole, charged ring, dielectric, electric conductor, infinite plane, line charge, point charge
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Metadata instance created June 17, 2004 by Melanie Carter
Record Updated:
July 13, 2004 by Bruce Mason
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P. Falstad, , WWW Document, (http://www.falstad.com/vector3de/).
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P. Falstad, 3-D Electrostatic Field Simulation, <http://www.falstad.com/vector3de/>.
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Falstad, P. (n.d.). 3-D Electrostatic Field Simulation. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from http://www.falstad.com/vector3de/
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Falstad, Paul. 3-D Electrostatic Field Simulation. http://www.falstad.com/vector3de/ (accessed 28 March 2024).
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Falstad, Paul. 3-D Electrostatic Field Simulation. 28 Mar. 2024 <http://www.falstad.com/vector3de/>.
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