Point Charge Electric Field and Potential 2D Model
written by
Andrew Duffy
This interactive simulation allows students to explore the concept of electric field in a 2-dimensional situation. Users can place one to five charged particles on the field and move a test charge around the plane. A grid of field vectors can also be activated to show the direction of the electric field produced by each point charge.
Also included is a set of activities and a worksheet to accompany the simulation. This resource may be viewed online or freely downloaded as an xml or jar file.
This applet was created with EJS, Easy Java Simulations, a modeling tool that allows users without formal programming experience to generate computer models and simulations.
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Point Charge Electric Field and Potential 2D Source Code
Source Code for the Point Charge Electric Field and Potential 2D model. The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the model. Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS. download 5kb .zip
Last Modified: June 20, 2010
A. Duffy, Computer Program POINT CHARGE ELECTRIC FIELD AND POTENTIAL 2D MODEL, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9412&DocID=1572).
A. Duffy, Computer Program POINT CHARGE ELECTRIC FIELD AND POTENTIAL 2D MODEL, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9412&DocID=1572>.
Duffy, A. (n.d.). Point Charge Electric Field and Potential 2D Model [Computer software]. Retrieved December 2, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9412&DocID=1572
Duffy, Andrew. "Point Charge Electric Field and Potential 2D Model." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9412&DocID=1572 (accessed 2 December 2024).
Duffy, Andrew. Point Charge Electric Field and Potential 2D Model. Computer software. 2 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9412&DocID=1572>.
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This is the full index of Easy Java Simulations (EJS) by author Andrew Duffy, created for first-semester introductory physics. EJS is a modeling tool developed by the Open Source Physics project.