yea i did this prac...ive got all my equipotential lines for the non uniform field and now i dont know how to the draw the elctric field lines...yes.. i know at 90 degrees.
top plate is positive and straight. bottom plate is negative and a semi circle shape...
the middle of the semi circle lines up with the middle of the straight plate
some sort of diagram would be awesome if ts possible to do 10 points if you do.
top plate is positive and straight. bottom plate is negative and a semi circle shape...
the middle of the semi circle lines up with the middle of the straight plate
some sort of diagram would be awesome if ts possible to do 10 points if you do.
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If you've got all your equipotential lines, all you need to do is draw each Efield arrow locally perpendicular to the equipotential line...and then point it away from a positive and towards a negative.
so like are the electric field lines curved?
Yes.
BUT...in my opinion, there is no physical reason for the Efield lines to actually be continuous lines. That is just a representation. I like to think of them as local vectors (arrows), since they describe what happens AT THAT POINT IN SPACE for a particular charge. The particular charge doesn't necessarily "follow a field line" as it moves, because it has inertia that might tell it to do otherwise.
so like are the electric field lines curved?
Yes.
BUT...in my opinion, there is no physical reason for the Efield lines to actually be continuous lines. That is just a representation. I like to think of them as local vectors (arrows), since they describe what happens AT THAT POINT IN SPACE for a particular charge. The particular charge doesn't necessarily "follow a field line" as it moves, because it has inertia that might tell it to do otherwise.