Fisica b1A
(Classical Electrodynamics I - electrostatics, magnetostatics, magnetic induction)
Problems and Solutions


Coulomb explosions (updated and revised -- latest version 30/10/2009)

Plasma oscillations

Mie oscillations

Energy of a charged sphere (New -- 07/10/2009)

A test of the neutrality of matter

Collision of two charged spheres

Electrostatic induction in Coulomb's experiment (New -- 30/10/2009)

Atmospheric electricity

A charge in a conducting shell

A solution looking for a problem

A charged wire in front of a cylindrical conductor

Debye screening

Some properties of the Thomson atom

An artificial dielectric (New -- 02/12/2009)

Refraction of field lines in a dielectric

Measuring the dielectric constant of a liquid

The Tolman and Stewart experiment (have also a look at the original 1916 paper)

Charge relaxation in a conducting sphere (New -- 18/11/2009)

Charge decay in a lossy spherical capacitor

Electrical resistance between two spheres (New -- 26/11/2009)

Dielectric barrier discharge

Pinch effect (updated and revised -- latest version 01/12/2009 -- have also a look at this link for an historical note)

Eddy currents (New -- 11/12/2009)

Geometry effects on charge relaxation (New -- 11/12/2009)

A circuit with ``free-falling'' parts (New -- 11/12/2009)

Hall effect with two charged species

Induced electric current in the ocean

The Tethered Satellite System

Rotation driven by induction