Elasticity and Hooke's Law

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Elasticity and Hooke's Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Hooke's Law, Elastic Deformation, Series Arrangement of Springs & Young’s Modulus of Elasticity of Material of a Metallic Wire etc.

Important Questions on Elasticity and Hooke's Law

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The dimensional formula of Young's modulus is: 

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What do you mean by plastic deformation?

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What will be the force constant of the spring system shown in the figure

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A mass is suspended at the bottom of two springs in series having stiffness 10 Nmm and 5 Nmm. The equivalent spring stiffness of the two Springs is nearly

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For the spring system given in the figure, the equivalent stiffness is

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A helical coil spring of stiffness k is cut to two equal halves and then these are connected in parallel to support a vibrating mass m. The angular frequency of vibration, ωn is 

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What is the proportional limit in the stress-strain graph?

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What is the dimensional formula for strain?

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Write down the unit of strain.

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What are strain and its properties?

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What are the dimensions of stress?

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What are types of stress?

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A copper wire and a steel wire of the same diameter and length are connected end to end and a force is applied. The force stretches their combined length by 1 cm. The two wires will have

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The quality of the material which opposes the change in shape, volume, or length is called

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The backlash error can be eliminated in Searle's experiment, by rotating screw in

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The elastic limit for a gas,

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A light spring of force constant 8 Nm-1 is cut into two equal halves and the two are connected in parallel; the equivalent force constant of the system is

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The modulus of elasticity is dimensionally equivalent to 

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Stress is given by 

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Within elastic limit, prove that Young's modulus of material of wire is the stress required to double the length of wire.