The Electrical Engineering Handbook

2

Electrostatics

Rodolfo E. Diaz,     Department of Electrical Engineering, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

2.1. Introduction

2.1.1. Conventions

2.2. Sources and Fields

2.2.1. D Fields of Charge Distributions Using Gauss’s Law

2.2.2. First Alternative to Gauss’s Law: Integration over Charge Distributions

2.2.3. Second Alternative to Gauss’s Law: The Potential Function

2.3. Boundary Conditions and Laplace’s Equation

2.3.1. The Fields of Charged Conductors and the Method of Images

2.3.2. Laplace’s Equation and Boundary Value Problems

2.3.3. The Connection Between D, P, E, and ε

2.4. Capacitance

2.4.1. Capacitance of Various Configurations and Energy

2.4.2. Partially Filled Capacitors ...