Re: Coulomb Force Between A Charge Rod & A Particle
- From: mmeron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:21:03 GMT
In article <ed4i5l$pcb$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Adam Teasdale Hartshorne <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Hi All,Yes, that's just what you have to do. Note that there are two
I have a simple physics question, which I wonder if somebody could help
me with as I am a computer science person trying to use Coulomb force as
an error metric.
In 3D space, if I have a charged rod, (length l with start and end
points, r1 and r2) and an oppositely charged particle positined at p1,
what is the coulomb force between them?
I am assuming you have to integrate the standard coulomb force between
two particles along the rod (Excuse the poor english),
possible cases here:
1) The rod is non conductive and the charge distribution along it is
given (in the simplest case it is a uniform distribution). In this
case plain integration will do.
2) The rod is conductive. In this case, whatever charge is present
on it will redistribute itself due to the presence of the external
charge, so as to keep the rod an equipotential. So, you've a coupled
problem of finding the distribution and the forces. Much more
complicated.
Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
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