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Document Type
Research
Abstract
A Fourier analysis of the flow of electricity in a two-dimensional plate depends upon the solution of Laplace's equation in two dimensions. The problem considered in this paper is that of a rectangular plate, the potential being applied at two adjacent sides. The results of the experiment depended upon the finding of the equipotential lines. This was done by means of a dish forty centimeters wide and fifty centimeters long. Copper strips were placed on two adjacent sides. An ordinary storage battery was used as a source. The lines were then found by exploring the dish with the terminals of a D'Arsonval galvanometer. The lines of flow are then found to be at right angles to these equipotential lines.
Publication Date
1926
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
33
Issue
1
First Page
254
Last Page
256
Copyright
©1926 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Albright, C. Leonard
(1926)
"Fourier Analysis of the Flow of Electricity in Flat Plates,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 33(1), 254-256.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol33/iss1/78