An electric dipole est composed of two electric charges -q et -+q set at a distance λ: d=qλ . A magnetic dipole est composed of a small loop of current I and of surface s: d=Isn, where n est la positive normal . The fields of the two kinds of dipoles are closely similar.
The program, which you may download, in its first part, allows to compare field lines from differents dipoles et quadripoles (two identical neighbour dipôles) and to vary their parameters.
In its second part, you may see and compare volumes, made of dielectric and ferromagnetic material, put inside an external uniform field , so that they are ensembles of dipoles. Charges and currents neutralize themselves inside the volume, but not at its surface. . Resulting fields are shown, with their field lines, together with surface densities of charge and current. Shown volumes are: a sphere, an ellipsoid of revolution (rugby ball ) and a cylindric bar of finite length.
To download at the same time the 9 applications of Physics of the same author(dipoles)
