lect4_differential element method.ppt

x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: Total electric field: z-components (1) Differential element Position: Size: (2) Differential electric field Magnitude Direction: as shown in the diagram with (3) Total electric field Magnitude Direction: along +z-axis x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z (1) Differential element Position: Size: (2) Differential electric field Magnitude Direction: as shown in the diagram with (3) Total electric field Magnitude Direction: along +z-axis x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z Reading 23-6,7: What do the differential elements look like in these problems? How do you specify the position and size of a differential element in these problems? How do you find the differential electric field? How do you evaluate the integral to obtain the total field? * This is a definite integral * This is a definite integral x z O -L/2 L/2 P(0, 0, z) z The total electric field Each differential element: To