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One end of a uniform wire of length L and of weight W is attached rigidly to a point in the roof and a weight W1 is suspended from its lower end. If A is the area of cross-section of the wire, the stress in the wire at a height 3L4 from its lower end is

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What is called the ratio of the breaking stress and the working stress?
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Two wires of equal length and cross-sectional area are suspended as shown in figure. Their Young's modulii are Y1 and Y2 respectively. The equivalent Young's modulii will be

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A uniform rod of length L has a mass per unit length λ and area of cross-section A. If the Young's modulus of the rod is Y. Then elongation in the rod due to its own weight is
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A solid sphere of radius R made of a material of bulk modulus B surrounded by a liquid in a cylindrical container. A massless piston of area A floats on the surface of the liquid. Find the fractional decrease in the radius of the sphere ΔRR when a mass M is placed on the piston to compress the liquid
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A sphere contracts in volume by 0.01% when taken to the bottom of sea 1 km deep. Find Bulk modulus of the material of sphere
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A solid cube of copper of edge 10 cm subjected to a hydraulic pressure of 7×106 Pa. If Bulk modulus of copper is 140GPa, then contraction in its volume will be
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Three bars having length l, 2l and 3l and area of cross-section A, 2A and 3A are joined rigidly end to end. Compound rod is subjected to a stretching force F. The increase in length of rod is (Young's modulus of material is Y and bars are massless)
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An ideal gas has adiabatic exponent $\gamma$. It contracts according to the law PV=α, where α is a positive constant. For this process, the Bulk modulus of the gas is