EField Physlet with Constraint

 

Initialize

Example 1:
f(x) =0.5 & Point Charge

Example 2:
f(x) =x*x & Constant Field  & Damping

Example 3:
f(x) =sin(x) & Constant Field

Example 4:
Bounce with Damping

What to do?

Initialize the script.  A movable test charge is constrained to move along various paths, f(x), under the action of various potentials.  You can press reset, drag the charge and restart the simulation to change the initial position of the test charge.

Explanation

This page contains two Physlets, EField applet and  DataGraph.  The moving charge inside the EField applet is a data source.  The DataGraph is a data listener that records the x position of the moving charge.