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The shape of stress vs strain graph within elastic limit is:

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Important Questions on Elasticity

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The elastic limit of brass is 379 MPa. The minimum diameter of a brass rod if it is to support a 400 N load without exceeding its elastic limit will be
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In materials like aluminium and copper,  the correct order of magnitude of various elastic modulii is :
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A steel wire having a radius of 2.0 mm , carrying a load of 4 kg, is hanging from a ceiling. Given that g=3.1π s-2, what will be the tensile stress that would be developed in the wire?
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A metallic rod breaks when strain produced is 0.2%. Young's modulus of the material of the rod is 7×109 N m-2. What should be its area of cross-section to support a load of 104 N?
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A fixed volume of iron is drawn into a wire of length L. The extension x produced in the wire by a constant force F is proportional to _____.
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For a perfectly rigid body,
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When a block of mass M is suspended by a long wire of length L, the length of the wire becomes L+l. The elastic potential energy stored in the extended wire is
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A and B are two wires. The radius of A is twice that of B. They are stretched by the same load. Then the stress on B is
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Which one of the following is most elastic in nature?
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Two wires of the same material and length but cross sectional area in the ratio 1:2 are used to suspend the same loads. The extension in them will be in the ratio
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A cube of metal is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure 4 GPa. The percentage change in the length of the side of the cube is close to : (Given bulk modulus of metal, B=8×1010 Pa)
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A wire of diameter 1 mm breaks under a tension of 1000 N. Another wire of the same material as that of the first one, but of diameter 2 mm breaks under a tension of:
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An object of mass m is suspended at the end of a massless wire of length L and area of cross-section, A. Young modulus of the material of the wire is Y. If the mass is pulled down slightly its frequency of oscillation along the vertical direction is :
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Copper of fixed volume V is drawn into wire of length l. When this wire is subjected to a constant force F, the extension produced in the wire is l. Which of the following graph is a straight line?
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A wire of length L, area of cross section A is hanging from a fixed support. The length of the wire changes to L1 when mass M is suspended from its free end. The expression for Young’s modulus is:
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The wrong statement in the following is
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The Young's modulus of a perfectly rigid body is
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A man grows into a giant such that his linear dimensions increase by a factor of 9. Assuming that his density remains same, the stress in the leg will change by a factor of:
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A steel wire is suspended vertically from a rigid support. When the wire is loaded with a weight in air, it is extended by xa. When the weight is completely inside the water, the extension becomes xw. The relative density of the material of the weight is,
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Breaking stress of a steel wire is p and the density of steel is ρ. The greatest length of steel wire that can hang vertically without breaking is