This web page contains a simulation on lines of charge, as in a parallel plate capacitor. The electric field lines and equipotential lines are displayed, and the student can move a test charge to observe the magnitude and direction of the force acting on it.
This page is part of a larger collection of Java applets with tutorial questions developed for students of introductory physics.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7599">Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation H - Test Charge in a Capacitor. November 29, 2006.</a>
K. Forinash, Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation H - Test Charge in a Capacitor (2001), <https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroH.html>.
Forinash, K. (2006, November 29). Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation H - Test Charge in a Capacitor. Retrieved December 7, 2024, from https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroH.html
Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation H - Test Charge in a Capacitor. November 29, 2006. https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroH.html (accessed 7 December 2024).
Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation H - Test Charge in a Capacitor. 2001. 29 Nov. 2006. 7 Dec. 2024 <https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroH.html>.
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Year = {2001}
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This closely related Java physlet by the same author simulates a moving particle in a capacitor whose initial position and velocity can be controlled by the user. It was designed to promote understanding of the relationship between the path the particle takes and the force acting on it from the electric field.
This is a link to the author's full index of applets on the topic of electrostatics. Topics include electric fields and forces, field lines, and equipotential lines.
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