MIT Phyics 8.02: Vector Fields - Mapping Fields Applet

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educational validator: John Belcher
technical implementer: Andrew McKinney
published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This item is an interactive Java simulation that illustrates the structure of two-dimensional vector fields using the "grass seeds" (or "iron filings") representation. Users enter x and y components for a field, then choose from a variety of field examples: two-point charges, dipole in constant or no field, two-line currents, radiating dipole, and dipole in a field with gradient. The applet will display the chosen field in either a grass seeds electric field or as equipotential lines. For more advanced users, the applet provides functions for yielding polar coordinates.

This item is part of a collection of visualizations developed by the MIT TEAL project to supplement an introductory course in calculus-based electricity and magnetism.
Lecture notes, labs, and presentations are also available as part of MIT's Open Courseware Repository:
MIT Open Courseware: Electricity and Magnetism

Please note that this resource requires Java Applet Plug-in.

http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/vectorfields...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electric Fields and Potential Mathematical Tools - Vector Algebra	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:: MIT Open Courseware (OCW): http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm
Keywords:: dipole, electric dipole, electric field, electric potential, interactive simulations, point charges, representations, three-dimensional simulation, vector field, vector field simulation, vectors, visualization
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created March 31, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: April 14, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: July 31, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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MIT Phyics 8.02: Vector Fields - Mapping Fields Applet (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2004), <http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/vectorfields/licapplet/licapplet.htm>.

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MIT Phyics 8.02: Vector Fields - Mapping Fields Applet. (2008, July 31). Retrieved March 25, 2023, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/vectorfields/licapplet/licapplet.htm

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National Science Foundation. MIT Phyics 8.02: Vector Fields - Mapping Fields Applet. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, July 31, 2008. http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/vectorfields/licapplet/licapplet.htm (accessed 25 March 2023).

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MIT Phyics 8.02: Vector Fields - Mapping Fields Applet. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. 31 July 2008. National Science Foundation. 25 Mar. 2023 <http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/visualizations/vectorfields/licapplet/licapplet.htm>.

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MIT Phyics 8.02: Vector Fields - Mapping Fields Applet:

Covers the Same Topic As MIT Physics 8.02: Electrostatics - Two Point Charges

This Java applet is a much simpler version of the same topic, in which learners move two opposite point charges around to see the resultant field. Magnitude of charge can be changed by the user.

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