Elastic Potential Energy in a Stretched Wire

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Elastic Potential Energy in a Stretched Wire: Overview

In this topic, we will learn about the concept related to elastic moduli. It discusses elastic potential energy per unit volume of a stretched wire with expression.

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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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Show that strain energy per unit volume of a strained wire is 12×stress×strain.

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The potential energy U between two atoms in a diatomic molecules as a function of the distance x between atoms has been shown in the figure. The atoms are

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A metal rod of Young's modulus 2 × 1010 Nm2 undergoes an elastic strain of 0.06%. The energy per unit volume stored in J m3 is -

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A wire suspended vertically from one of its ends is stretched by attaching a weight of 200 N to the lower end. The weight stretches the wire by 1mm. Then the elastic energy stored in the wire -

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A wire suspended vertically from one of its ends is stretched by attaching a weight of 200 N to the lower end. The weight stretches the wire by 1 mm. Then the elastic energy stored in the wire -

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A metal rod of Young's modulus 2×1010 Nm-2 undergoes an elastic strain of 0.06%. The energy per unit volume stored in Jm-3 is -

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Energy stored in stretching a string per unit volume is

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Energy stored in stretching a string per unit volume is

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A wire suspended vertically from one of its ends is stretched by attaching a weight of 200 N to the lower end. The weight stretches the wire by 1 mm. Then the elastic energy stored in the wire is