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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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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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Increase in temperature of the material causes _________ in elasticity.

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In the figure three identical springs are shown. From spring A, a mass of 4 kg is hung and spring shows elongation of 1 cm. But when a weight of 6 kg is hung on B, the hook descends


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For a given material, the Young's modulus is 2.4 times that of rigidity modulus. Its Poisson's ratio is
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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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A spring of constant k is cut into parts of length in the ratio 1 : 2. The spring constant of larger on is
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One end of wire 2 m long and diameter 2 mm is fixed in a ceiling. A naughty boy of mass 10 kg  jumps to catch the free end and stays there. The change in length of wire is [Take g=10 ms-2, Y=2×1011 Nm-2]
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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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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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The graph drawn between change in length and varying load W is a straight line starting from origin. Cross-sectional area of the wire is 106 m2. Slope of the curve is 10420. Young's modulus will be - Given: length of the rod=1 m
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In the figure three identical springs are shown. From spring A , a mass of 4 kg is hung and spring shows elongation of1 cm . But when a weight of 6 kg is hung on B , the Hook descends


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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