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Teaching Computer Demos

Mathematica based demonstration of various concepts related to Electricity and Magnetism. The demonstrations may be downloaded (via the link in the caption of each image) and run locally on any computer using the free Wolfram CDF Player.

Electric Fields

Equilibrium angle between two repelling charges [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Equilibrium_angle_between_two_repelling_charges/Equilibrium_angle_between_two_repelling_charges.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Location of maximum electric force along a plane between two charges [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Location_of_maximum_electric_force_along_a_plane_between_two_charges/Location_of_maximum_electric_force_along_a_plane_between_two_charges.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electric Field of a Uniform Line of Charge [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electric_Field_of_a_Uniform_Line_of_Charge/Electric_Field_of_a_Uniform_Line_of_Charge.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electric Field of a Uniformly Charged Ring [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electric_Field_of_a_Uniformly_Charged_Ring/Electric_Field_of_a_Uniformly_Charged_Ring.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electric Field of a Uniformly Charged Disk [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electric_Field_of_a_Uniformly_Charged_Disk/Electric_Field_of_a_Uniformly_Charged_Disk.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electric Field of a Uniformly Charged (In)finite_Plane [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electric_Field_of_a_Uniformly_Charged_(In)finite_Plane/Electric_Field_of_a_Uniformly_Charged_(In)finite_Plane.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electric Field of a Two Parallel Uniformly Charged (In)finite Planes [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electric_Field_of_a_Two_Parallel_Uniformly_Charged_(In)finite_Planes/Electric_Field_of_a_Two_Parallel_Uniformly_Charged_(In)finite_Planes.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electric Field of a Dipole [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electric_Field_of_a_Dipole/Electric_field_of_a_dipole.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electric Field and Equipotentials of a Collection of Charges [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electric_Field_and_Equipotentials_of_a_Collection_of_Charges/Electric_Field_and_Equipotentials_of_a_Collection_of_Charges.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electric Field in a Dielectric Material [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electric_Field_in_a_Dielectric_Material/Electric_Field_in_a_Dielectric_Material.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Flux of a Vector Field [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Flux_of_a_Vector_Field/Flux_of_a_Vector_Field.cdf”>cdf</a>]
The Hall Effect [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/The_Hall_Effect/The_Hall_Effect.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Magnetic Force on a Current Carrying Wire [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Magnetic_Force_on_a_Current_Carrying_Wire/Magnetic_Force_on_a_Current_Carrying_Wire.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Magnetic Torque on a Current Loop [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Magnetic_Torque_on_a_Current_Loop/Magnetic_Torque_on_a_Current_Loop.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Magnetic Field of a Solenoid [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Magnetic_Field_of_a_Solenoid/Magnetic_Field_of_a_Solenoid.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Helmholtz Coils [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Helmholtz_Coils/Helmholtz_Coils.cdf”>cdf</a>]

Electromagnetic Waves

1D Travelling Waves [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/1D_Travelling_Waves/1D_Travelling_Waves.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electromagnetic Plane Wave [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electromagnetic_Plane_Wave/Electromagnetic_Plane_Wave.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Electromagnetic Waves From Accelerating Charges [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Electromagnetic_Waves_From_Accelerating_Charges/Electromagnetic_Waves_From_Accelerating_Charges.cdf”>cdf</a>]

Optics

Refraction – Fermats Principle [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Refraction_-_Fermats_Principle/Refraction_-_Fermats_Principle.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Refraction – Huygens Principle [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Refraction_-_Huygens_Principle/Refraction_-_Huygens_Principle.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Variable Angle Corner Mirror [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Variable_Angle_Corner_Mirror/Variable_Angle_Corner_Mirror.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Variable Angle Prism [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Variable_Angle_Prism/Variable_Angle_Prism.cdf”>cdf</a>]
Light bulb under water [Download <a href=”http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2061/spring16/cdf/Light_bulb_under_water/Light_bulb_under_water.cdf”>cdf</a>]

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