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When a force is applied on a wire of uniform cross-sectional area 3×10-6 m2 and length 4 m, the increase in length is 1 mm. Energy stored in it will be (Young's modulus, Y = 2×1011 N m-2)

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If S is stress and Y is Young's modulus of material of a wire, the energy stored in the wire per unit volume is 
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A stone of mass 20 g is projected from a rubber catapult of length 0.1 m and area of cross section 10-6 m2 stretched by an amount 0.04 m. The velocity of the projected stone is m s-1. (Young's modulus of rubber =0.5×109 N m-2)
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What is the elastic potential energy stored in a stretched steel wire of length 4 m. The wire is stretched through 4 mm and consists of cross-sectional area of 8 mm2.
(Young's modulus of steel =2.0×1011 N m-2)
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An aluminium rod with Young’s modulus Y=7.0 ×1010 N m-2 undergoes elastic strain of 0.04%. The energy per unit volume stored in the rod in SI unit
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A wire of length L and area of cross section A is made of material of Young’s modulus Y. It is stretched by an amount x. The work done in stretching the wire is
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The area of cross section of the rope used to lift a load by a crane is 2.5×10-4 m2. The maximum lifting capacity of the crane is 10 metric tons. To increase the lifting capacity of the crane to 25 metric tons, the required area of cross section of the rope should be
(take g=10 ms-2)
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A wire of Young's modulus Y is subjected to a stress S. The elastic potential energy per unit volume of the wire is given by
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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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Two steel wires having same length are suspended from a ceiling under the same load. If the ratio of their energy stored per unit volume is 1:4, the ratio of their diameters is:
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Consider a metallic wire of length 10 m. An external force applied results in an elongation of 5 mm. What is the potential energy stored per unit volume
[Young's modulus of wire Y=16×1010 N m-2]
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A pendulum made of a uniform wire of cross sectional area A has time period T. When an additional mass M is added to its bob, the time period changes to TM . If the Young's modulus of the material of the wire is Y, then 1Y is equal to:
(g=gravitational acceleration)
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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 load of mass M kg is suspended from a steel wire of length 2 m and radius 1.0 mm in Searle's apparatus experiment. The increase in length produced in the wire is 4.0 mm. Now the load is fully immersed in a liquid of relative density 2. The relative density of the material of load is 8. The new value of increase in length of the steel wire is:
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The elastic behaviour of material for linear stress and linear strain, is shown in the figure. The energy density for a linear strain of 5×10-4 is _____  kJ m-3. Assume that material is elastic upto the linear strain of 5×10-4.

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The Young's modulus of steel is twice that of brass. Two wires of same length and of same area of cross-section, one of steel and another of brass are suspended from the same roof. If we want the lower ends of the wires to be at the same level, then the weights added to the steel and brass wires must be in the ratio of:
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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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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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If S is the stress andY is Young's modulus of material of a wire, the energy stored in the wire per unit volume is
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A boy’s catapult is made of rubber cord which is 42 cm long, with 6 mm diameter of cross-section and of negligible mass. The boy keeps a stone weighing 0.02 kg on it and stretches the cord by 20 cm by applying a constant force. When released, the stone flies off with a velocity of 20 ms-1 . Neglect the change in the area of cross-section of the cord while stretched. The Young’s modulus of rubber is closest to:
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One end of a slack wire (Young's modulus, Y, length, L and cross-sectional area, A) is clamped to a rigid wall and the other end to a block (mass m) which rests on a smooth horizontal plane. The block is set in motion with a speed, v. What is the maximum distance the block will travel after the wire becomes taut?