2-D Electrostatic Field Simulation

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written by Paul Falstad

This applet simulates the electric field of many charge distributions, including point charges, line charges, dipoles, cylinders, conducting planes and more. The color can be adjusted for field magnitude or potential. Equipotential or field lines are optional. The field strength and number of particles are adjustable. The field can be displayed as a velocity field or a force field. The description is also available in German.

Please note that this resource requires Java.

https://www.falstad.com/vector2de/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electric Fields and Potential - Electrostatics	- Upper Undergraduate - High School - Graduate/Professional - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Has a copyright or other licensing restriction.
Keywords:: Gauss's Law, conductor, dielectric, dipole, electric charge, infinite plane, quadrupole
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created June 17, 2004 by Melanie Carter
Record Updated:: February 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato

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