MaxwellApp.java errata
The indices in the plotField() method are out of order. E[i][j][mid][0] and E[i][j][mid][1] should be E[0][i][j][mid] and E[1][i][j][mid], respectively.
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package org.opensourcephysics.sip.ch10;
import org.opensourcephysics.controls.*;
import org.opensourcephysics.frames.Vector2DFrame;
/**
* MaxwellApp creates the Maxwell model and displays time dependent solution to Maxwell's equations.
*
* Method plotField() revised 04/04/2006.
*
* @author Wolfgang Christian, Jan Tobochnik, Harvey Gould
* @version 1.1
*/
public class MaxwellApp extends AbstractSimulation {
Vector2DFrame frame = new Vector2DFrame("x", "y", "EField in XY Plane");
int size;
Maxwell maxwell;
double[][][] Exy; // x and y components of E for middle plane in z direction
/**
* Constructor MaxwellApp
*/
public MaxwellApp() {
frame.setZRange(false, 0, 1.0);
}
/**
* Resets the model to a predefined state.
*/
public void reset() {
control.setValue("size", 31);
control.setValue("dt", 0.5);
}
/**
* Initializes the animation.
*/
public void initialize() {
size = control.getInt("size");
Exy = new double[2][size][size];
maxwell = new Maxwell(size);
frame.setAll(Exy);
frame.setPreferredMinMax(0, Maxwell.dl*size, Maxwell.dl*size, 0);
plotField();
}
/**
* Does a time step.
*/
protected void doStep() {
maxwell.doStep();
plotField();
frame.setMessage("t="+decimalFormat.format(maxwell.t));
}
/**
* Plots the electric field using the arrays in the Maxwell object.
*/
void plotField() {
double[][][][] E = maxwell.E; // electric field
int mid = size/2;
for(int i = 0;i<size;i++) {
for(int j = 0;j<size;j++) {
Exy[0][i][j] = E[0][i][j][mid]; // Ex
Exy[1][i][j] = E[1][i][j][mid]; // Ey
}
}
frame.setAll(Exy);
}
/**
* Starts the Java application.
* @param args command line parameters
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
SimulationControl.createApp(new MaxwellApp());
}
}
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