Calculation of electrostatic force between two charged dielectric spheres by the re-expansion method

Journal of Electrostatics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-226

  Nakajima, Yoji ^a   Sato, Takashi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric sphere; Electrostatic field; Electrostatic force; Legendre expansion; Re expansion

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

LEGENDRE EXPANSIONS; RE-EXPANSION METHOD;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 0032761703     PISSN: 03043886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3886(98)00051-5     Document Type: Article

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