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For an ideal liquid, bulk modulus is infinite and shear modulus is zero.

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Important Questions on Elasticity

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An object is located at 2 km beneath the surface of the water. If the fractional compression ΔVV is 1.36%, the ratio of hydraulic stress to the corresponding hydraulic strain will be ______[Given: density of water is 1000 kg m-3 and g=9.8 m s-2. 

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A particle of mass 1 kg is moving in SHM with a path length of 0.01 m and frequency of 50 Hz. The maximum force in newton, acting on the particle is
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The normal density of a material is ρ and its bulk modulus of elasticity is K. The magnitude of increase in density of material, when a pressure P is applied uniformly on all sides, will be :
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A body is subjected to stress resulting in the change in volume of the body. The stress must be
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A solid sphere of radius r made of a soft material of bulk modulus K is surrounded by a liquid in a cylindrical container. A massless piston of area a floats on the surface of the liquid, covering entire cross-section of cylindrical container. When a mass m is placed on the surface of the piston to compress the liquid, the fractional decrement in the radius of the sphere drr , is:
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The bulk modulus of a liquid is 3×109 N m-2 The pressure required to reduce the given volume of this liquid by 1% is
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The wrong statement in the following is
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The compressibility of a substance is the reciprocal of ____.
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A bottle has an opening of radius a and length b. A cork of length b and radius a+a where aa, is compressed to fit into the opening completely (see figure). If the bulk modulus of cork is B and the coefficient of friction between the bottle and cork is μ, then the force needed to push the cork into the bottle is

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A cubical solid aluminum bulk modulus=-VdPdV=70 GPa block has an edge length of 1 m on the surface of the earth. It is kept on the floor of a 5 km deep ocean. Taking the average density of water and the acceleration due to gravity to be 103 kg m-3 and 10 m s-2, respectively, the change in the edge length of the block in mm is ________.
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The radius of a sphere is found to have reduced by 0.01%, when measured at a depth 'H' of the sea. If the bulk modulus of elasticity of the material of sphere is 4×1010 N m-2 and density of water is 1000 kg m-3, find the value of H ' (use g=10 m s-2 
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An external pressure P is applied on a cube at 0°C so that it is equally compressed from all sides. K is the bulk modulus of the material of the cube and α is its coefficient of linear expansion. Suppose we want to bring the cube to its original size by heating. The temperature should be raised by:
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The bulk modulus of a liquid is 3×1010Nm-2. The pressure required to reduce the volume of liquid by 2% is :
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When a rubber ball is taken to a depth of _______ m in deep sea, its volume decreases by 0.5%
(The bulk modulus of rubber =9.8×108 N m-2 Density of sea water =103 kg m-3,g=9.8 m s-2)
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A certain pressure 'P' is applied to 1 litre of water and 2 litre of a liquid separately. Water gets compressed to 0.01% whereas the liquid gets compressed to 0.03%. The ratio of Bulk modulus of water to that of the liquid is 3x. The value of x is ______.
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A swimming pool has a depth of 22 m and area 700 m2. Calculate fractional change Δvv of water at the bottom of the swimming pool. Given that the bulk modulus of water is 2.2×109Nm-2, g=10 m s-2, and density of water 1000 kg m-3.
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What is the pressure required to reduce the given volume of water by 1% ? (Bulk modulus K=2×108 N m-2)
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The bulk modulus of a spherical object is B. If it is subjected to uniform pressure p, the fractional decrease in radius is
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One end of a horizontal thick copper wire of length 2L and radius 2R is welded to an end of another horizontal thin copper wire of length L and radius R. When the arrangement stretched by applying forces at two ends, the ratio of the elongation in the thin wire to that in the thick wire is