Method: Joules.electric_field_strength_v1

Defined in:
lib/joules/electric_fields.rb

.electric_field_strength_v1(voltage, distance) ⇒ Float

Note:

There are two other method for calculating electric field strength.

Calculates the electric field strength given voltage and distance between two plates.

Examples:

Joules.electric_field_strength_v1(9, 0.1) #=> 90.0

Parameters:

  • voltage (Int, Float) —

    voltage is in volts

  • distance (Int, Float) —

    distance > 0; distance is in metres

Returns:

  • (Float) —

    return value is in newtons per coulomb/volts per metre

Raises:

  • (ZeroDivisionError) —

    if distance = 0



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# File 'lib/joules/electric_fields.rb', line 27

def electric_field_strength_v1(voltage, distance)
  if distance.zero?
    raise ZeroDivisionError.new('divided by 0')
  else
    return voltage / distance.to_f
  end
end