The breaking stress of a wire depends on:

1. length of the wire
2. applied force
3. material of the wire
4. area of the cross-section of the wire
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A steel cable with a radius of \(1.5~\text{cm}\) supports a chairlift at a ski area. If the maximum stress is not to exceed \(10^{8}~\text{N/m}^2,\) what is the maximum load that the cable can support?
1. \(7.06\times 10^{4}~\text{N}\)
2. \(5.03\times 10^{4}~\text{N}\)
3. \(1.09\times 10^{4}~\text{N}\)
4. \(17\times 10^{4}~\text{N}\)

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A force \(F\) is needed to break a copper wire having radius \(R.\) The force needed to break a copper wire of radius \(2R\) will be:

1. \(F/2\) 2. \(2F\)
3. \(4F\) 4. \(F/4\)
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A light rod of length \(2~\text{m}\) is suspended from the ceiling horizontally by means of two vertical wires of equal length. A weight \(W\) is hung from the light rod as shown in the figure. The rod is hung by means of a steel wire of cross-sectional area \(A_1 = 0.1~\text{cm}^2\) and brass wire of cross-sectional area \(A_2 = 0.2~\text{cm}^2.\) To have equal stress in both wires, \(\frac{T_1}{T_2}?\)

              

1. \(\dfrac{1}{3}\) 2. \(\dfrac{1}{4}\)
3. \(\dfrac{4}{3}\) 4. \(\dfrac{1}{2}\)
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lf \(\rho\) is the density of the material of a wire and \(\sigma\) is the breaking stress, the greatest length of the wire that can hang freely without breaking is:
1. \(\dfrac{2}{\rho g}\)

2. \(\dfrac{\rho}{\sigma g}\)

3. \(\dfrac{\rho g}{2 \sigma}\)

4. \(\dfrac{\sigma}{\rho g}\)

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The breaking stress of a wire going over a smooth pulley in the following question is \(2\times 10^{9}~\text{N/m}^2.\) What would be the minimum radius of the wire used if it is not to break?

    

1. \(0.46\times10^{-6}~\text{m}\) 2. \(0.46\times10^{-4}~\text{m}\)
3. \(0.46\times10^{8}~\text{m}\) 4. \(0.46\times10^{-11}~\text{m}\)
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A wire can sustain a weight of 10 kg before breaking. If the wire is cut into two equal parts, then each part can sustain a weight of:

1. 2.5 kg 2. 5 kg
3. 10 kg 4. 15 kg
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One end of a uniform wire of length \(L\) and of weight \(W\) is attached rigidly to a point in the roof and a weight \(W_1\) is suspended from its lower end. If \(A\) is the area of the cross-section of the wire, the stress in the wire at a height \(\frac{3L}{4}\) from its lower end is:
1. \(\frac{W+W_1}{A}\)
2. \(\frac{4W+W_1}{3A}\)
3. \(\frac{3W+W_1}{4A}\)
4. \(\frac{\frac{3}{4}W+W_1}{A}\)

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A cube of aluminium of sides \(0.1~\text{m}\) is subjected to a shearing force of \(100\) N. The top face of the cube is displaced through \(0.02\) cm with respect to the bottom face. The shearing strain would be:
1. \(0.02\)                                   
2. \(0.1\)
3. \(0.005\)                               
4. \(0.002\)

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A uniform wire of length \(3\) m and mass \(10\) kg is suspended vertically from one end and loaded at another end by a block of mass \(10\) kg. The radius of the cross-section of the wire is \(0.1\) m. The stress in the middle of the wire is: (Take \(g=10\) ms-2)

1. \(1.4 \times10^4\) N/m2 2. \(4.8 \times10^3\) N/m2
3. \(96 \times10^4\) N/m2 4. \(3.5\times10^3\) N/m2
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