Electric Fields and Moving Media

Case studies for use in the teaching of basic field theory and electromechanics ideally illustrate the classic analytical solutions while both motivating discussions of engineering applications and dramatizing the physical phenomena. Experiments are particularly valuable for achieving this last purpose if they are visualized directly. To this end, a series of experiments are developed in the educational film, "Electric Fields and Moving Media," produced for the National Committee on Electrical Engineering Films by the Educational Development Center. As background for making use of that film, analytical models and connections with engineering applications are outlined.