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Important Questions on Mechanical Properties of Solids

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Two separate wires A and B are stretched by 2 mm and 4 mm respectively, when they are subjected to a force of 2 N. Assume that both the wires are made up of same material and the radius of wire B is 4 times that of the radius of wire A. The length of the wires A and B are in the ratio of a: b. Then ab can be expressed as 1x, where x is _____.
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With rise in temperature, young's modulus of elasticity _________.
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Speed of a transverse wave on a straight wire (mass 6.0 g, length 60 cm and area of cross-section 1.0 mm2  is 90 m s-1. If the Young's modulus of wire is 16×1011 N m-2, the extension of wire over its natural length is:
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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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A constant force is applied to a metal wire of length L. Volume of the wire is constant. The extension produced is proportional to
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A steel wire of cross-sectional area 4 cm2 has elastic limit of 2.2×108 N m-2. The maximum upward acceleration that can be given to a 1000 kg elevator supported by this steel wire if the stress is to exceed one-fourth of the elastic limit is [Take, g=10 m s-2]
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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 
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Which of the following substances has the highest elasticity?

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The breaking force for a wire is F. what will be the breaking force for two parallel wires of the same size

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If Young's modulus of elasticity Y for a material is one and half times its rigidity coefficient η, the Poisson's ratio σ will be

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A body of mass m is suspended to an ideal spring of force constant k. The expected change in the position of the body due to an additional force F acting vertically downwards is
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Two wires, one made of copper and other of steel are joined end to end (as shown in figure). The area of cross section of copper wire is twice that of steel wire. They are placed under compressive force of magnitudes F . Find the ratio of their lengths such that change in lengths of both wires are same (YS=2×1011N m-2 and YC=1.1×1011N m-2)

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Four wires of the same material are stretched by the same load. Which one of them will elongate most if their dimensions are as follows
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The load versus elongation graph for four wires of the same material is shown in figure. The thinnest wire is represent by the line -

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A load w is suspended from a wire of length l and area of cross-section A. Change in length of the wire is Δl. Change in length Δl can be increased to two times by increasing
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A composite wire of uniform diameter 3.0 mm consists of a copper wire of length 2.2 m and a steel wire of length 1.6 m which is stretched under a load by 0.7 mm. Calculate the load, given that the Young's modulus for copper is 1.1 × 1011 Nm–2 and that for steel is 2 × 1011 Nm–2.
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The breaking force for a wire is F. What will be the breaking force for a single wire of double the thickness?

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In stretching a wire, work has to be performed. Why?

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When a force F1 is applied on a metallic wire, the legth of the wire is L1 . If a force F2 is applied on the same wire, the length of the wire is L2. The original length of the wire L is