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A force of stretches the length of a hanging wire by . The force required to stretch a wire of same material and length but having four times the diameter will be
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Important Questions on Mechanical Properties of Solids
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Two wires and of the same material, have their radii in the ratio and lengths in the ratio . The ratio of the normal forces required to produce the same change in the lengths of these two wires is

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Density of rubber is . A thick rubber cord of length and cross-sectional area undergoes elongation under its own weight on suspending it. This elongation is proportional to

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A long aluminium wire of diameter supports a mass. In order to have the same elongation in a copper wire of the same length under the same weight, the diameter (in ) should now be

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The length of an elastic spring is when the longitudinal tension is and when the longitudinal tension is . The length of the spring (in ) when the longitudinal tension is is

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A pan with a set of weights is attached with a light spring. When disturbed, the mass-spring system oscillates with a time period of . When some additional weights are added, then time period is . The extension caused by the additional weights is approximately given by

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The area of cross-section of a steel wire is . The force required to double its length will be

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A wire of diameter breaks under a tension of . Another wire of same material as that of the first one, but of diameter , breaks under a tension of

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A substance breaks down by a stress of . If the density of the material of the wire is , then the length of the wire of the substance which will break under its own weight when suspended vertically is
