Elastic Potential Energy
Elastic Potential Energy: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Potential Energy of a Stretched Wire, Work Done by Spring Force & Elastic Potential Energy etc.
Important Questions on Elastic Potential Energy
An aluminium rod with Young’s modulus undergoes elastic strain of . The energy per unit volume stored in the rod in unit

A force of holds an ideal spring with a spring constant in compression. The potential energy stored in the spring is

A wire loaded by a load extends by , mechanical energy stored in the wire is,

A wire of length suspended vertically from a rigid support is made to suffer extension in its length by applying a force Then the work done is

When a long wire is stretched by a load of it is elongated by The energy stored in the wire in this process is _____

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

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

A work of is done on a wire of length and area of cross-section . If the Young's modulus of the material of the wire is , then the wire must be

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

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

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 , when stretched by the same load is:

An ideal initially unstretched spring with spring constant is hung from the ceiling with a block of mass attached to its lower end. The maximum possible extension in the spring when the mass is released is ___

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

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 . Neglect the change in the area of crose-section of the cord while stretched. The Young's modulus of rubber is approx:

Two springs and having stiffness constants and respectively, are stretched equally. Then:

When the load on a wire is increased from to the elongation increases from to . The required work done during the extension of the wire is

An elastic string of length and cross section area is attached between two pegs at a distance of . A particle of mass is kept at mid point of string and stretched by and released. As string attains natural length, the particle attains a speed . Then young’s modulus of string is of order

Initially, a block of mass is at rest on a frictionless floor and the spring is in a relaxed condition. One end of the spring is rigidly attached to the block and the other end is fixed to a wall. A constant force is applied on the block as shown in the figure. The maximum velocity of the block is

Work done for a certain spring when stretched through 1 mm is 10 joule. The amount of work that must be done on the spring to stretch it further by 1 mm is

One end of a slack wire (Young's modulus, , length, and cross-sectional area, ) is clamped to a rigid wall and the other end to a block (mass ) which rests on a smooth horizontal plane. The block is set in motion with a speed, . What is the maximum distance the block will travel after the wire becomes taut?
