Re: [Phys-L] Electric Field Line Drawing Program

["Donald Polvani" <dgpolvani@verizon.net>]

On Monday, November 19, Sam Sampere wrote:

"Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see anyone mention specifically the PhET
simulations at: http://phet.colorado.edu/
This one in particular:
http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/charges-and-fields/charges-and-fields_en.html
You can install them on your computer or run them online."

Yes, thanks.  The one you mention does look useful.  The Charges2000 program
draws higher resolution field lines which are nicer looking and more
suitable for display but requires, on Windows computers "administrative
privileges" which is a problem for me on campus.  The PhET program is more
user friendly, flexible and will run on campus without special privileges.
However, the plots are quite coarse.

Don

Dr. Donald Polvani
Adjunct Faculty, Physics
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD 21012