Elastic Potential Energy

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Elastic Potential Energy: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Potential Energy of a Stretched Wire, Elastic Potential Energy per Unit Volume of Wire, Calculation of Maximum Height of Mountain on Earth & Spring Analog in Hooke's Law etc.

Important Questions on Elastic Potential Energy

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Which of the given metal is not using for making rope for the crane?

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The buckling of a beam is found to be more if:

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A rod elongates by l when a body of mass M is suspended from it. The work done is

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K is the force constant of a spring. The work done in increasing its extension from l1 to l2 will be

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A work of2×102 J is done on a wire of length 50 cm and area of cross-section 0.5 mm2. If the Young's modulus of the material of the wire is 2×1010 N m2, then the wire must be

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When a steel wire fixed at one end is pulled by a constant force F at its other end, its length increases by l. Which of the following statements is not correct?

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When an elastic material with Young's modulus E is subjected to a stretching stress S, the elastic energy stored per unit volume of the material is

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The length of a wire is 1.0 m and the area of cross-section is 1.0×10-2 cm2. If the work done for increase in length by 0.2 cm is 0.4 joule, then Young's modulus of the material of the wire is

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Two wires of the same material and length, having diameters in the ratio 2 : 1, are stretched by the same force. The potential energy per unit volume stored in the two wires will be in the ratio:-

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A wire of area of cross-section 3 mm2 and natural length 50 cm is fixed at one end and a mass of 2.1 kg is hung from other end. Find the elastic potential energy stored in the wire in steady state.
Y=1.9×1011 N m-2

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Which of the following expressions can be used to calculate the maximum height of mountains on earth?

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Load on a wire is increased from 3 kg to 5 kg due to which the elongation increases from 0.61 mm to 1.02 mm. What was the work done during this increase in elongation?

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The ratio of elastic potential energy per unit volume for two wires made out of same material and having same length but diameter in the ratio 1:2, when stretched by the same load is:

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A pulling force is applied on a wire of Young's modulus 1.5×1012 Nm-2 so as to produce a strain of 2×10-4. The energy stored per unit volume is

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Find the work done during the extension when the load on wire is slowly increased from 20 N to 40 N and the elongation from 0.6 mm to 1.0 mm.

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What will be the elastic energy stored in the wire which is suspended vertically from one of its ends is stretched by attaching a block of mass 200kg to the lower end? The weight stretches the wire by 1 mm.

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Lengths L, 2L and 3L and radii R, 2R and 3R of three wires of the same material (Young's modulus Y), respectively which are joined end to end with weight w is suspended as shown below. Find the elastic potential energy of the system neglecting the self-weight.

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A catapult is made of rubber cord which is 42 cm long, with 6 m m diameter of cross-section and of negligble 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 20ms-1. Neglect the change in the area of crose-section of the cord while stretched. The Young's modulus of rubber is approx:

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A uniform rod of length l is acted upon by a force F in a gravity-free region, as shown in the figure. If the area of cross-section of the rod is A and it's Young's modulus is Y, then the elastic potential energy stored in the rod due to elongation is
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When the load on a wire is increased from 3 kg wt to 5 kg wt the elongation increases from 0.61 mm to 1.02 mm. The required work done during the extension of the wire is