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5.ELASTICITY
Un-Solved text book problems
Q.1 A wire of length 2 m and cross sectional area
10 -4 m2 is stretched by a load 102 kg. The wire
is stretched by 0.1 cm. Calculate longitudinal
stress, longitudinal strain, Young’s modulus of Q.3 A copper metal cube has each side of length 1
material of wire. m. The bottom edge of cube is fixed and
tangential force 4.2 × 108 N is applied to top
surface. Calculate lateral displacement of top
surface, if modulus of rigidity of copper is 14 ×
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Q.7 Two wires of equal cross section one made up
of aluminimum and other of brass are joined
end to end. When the combination of wires is
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Q.5 Calculate the work done in stretching steel
wire of length 2m and of cross sectional area kept under tension the elongation in wires are
0.0225mm2, when a load of 100 N is applied found to be equal. Find the ration of lengths of
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steel = 20 × 1010 N/m2) 1010 N/m2)
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Which are separated by 1 m and in the same
horizontal plane. A mass is hung from the
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middle point of the wire such that the middle
point sags by 2 cm from the original position.
Compute the mass of body. (Ysteel = 20 × 1010
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Q.9 One end of steel wire is fixed to a ceiling and a
load of 2.5 kg is attached to the free end of the
wire. Another identical wire is attached to the
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bottom of load and another load of 2.0 kg., is
attached to the lower end of this wire.
Compute the longitudinal strain produced in
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both the wires, if the cross-sectional area of
wires is 10-4 m2. (Ysteel = 20 × 1010 N/m2)
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Q.13 A uniform steel wire of length 3 m and area of
cross section 2 mm2 is extended through 3 m.
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elastic limit is not exceeded. (Ysteel = 20 × 1010
N/m2)
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The brass plate experiences shear force due to
earthquake. How large a parallel force must be
exerted on each of its edges, if the lateral
displacement is 0.32 mm? ( brass = 3.5 × 1010
N/m2)
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Q.15 A load 1 kg produces a certain extension in the
wire of length 3 m and radius 5 × 10-4 m. How
much will be the lateral strain produced in the
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Q.16 A steel wire of length 7 m and cross section 1
mm2 is hung from a rigid support with a steel
weight of volume 1000 c.c. hanging from the
other end. Find the decrease in the length of
wire, when steel weight is completely
immersed in water. (Ysteel = 2 × 1011 N/m2) Solution :
Density of water = 1 g/c.c)
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