Line integral

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Introduction

Summary

We calculate "step by step" the line integral along the path of a vectorial field. You can follow two different paths and select three representative fields to distinguish conservative fields from non-conservative ones. Also illustrated are the notions of potential, potential difference, energy, work and the orthogonality between fields and equipotentials.

Goals

• To compute line integrals along different paths.
• To illustrate the characteristics of some “conservative” fields.

Features

Select a field distribution then drag the cursor M.

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tension potential integral work conservative path