A steel wire of length and cross-sectional area is stretched by the same amount as a copper wire of length and cross-sectional area of under a given load. The ratio of Young’s modulus of steel to that of copper is:
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The figure shows the stress-strain curve for a given material. The approximate yield strength for this material is:
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The stress-strain graphs for materials and are shown in the figure. Young’s modulus of material is:
(the graphs are drawn to the same scale)
1. | equal to material |
2. | less than material |
3. | greater than material |
4. | can't say |
The stress-strain graphs for materials and are shown in the figure. The strength of the material is:
(The graphs are drawn to the same scale)
1. | greater than material |
2. | equal to material |
3. | less than material |
4. | insufficient data |
Two wires of diameter cm, one made of steel and the other made of brass are loaded, as shown in the figure. The unloaded length of the steel wire is m and that of the brass wire is m. The elongation of the steel wire will be:
(Given that Young's modulus of the steel, Pa and Young's modulus of brass, Pa)
1. | m | 2. | m |
3. | m | 4. | m |
The edge of an aluminum cube is long. One face of the cube is firmly fixed to a vertical wall. A mass of is then attached to the opposite face of the cube. The shear modulus of aluminum is What is the vertical deflection of this face?
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Four identical hollow cylindrical columns of mild steel support a big structure of a mass of kg. The inner and outer radii of each column are cm and cm respectively. Assuming the load distribution to be uniform, the compressional strain of each column is:
(Given, Young's modulus of steel, )
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A kg mass, fastened to the end of a steel wire of unstretched length m, is whirled in a vertical circle with an angular velocity of rev/s at the bottom of the circle. The cross-sectional area of the wire is . The elongation of the wire when the mass is at the lowest point of its path is:
(Young's modulus = )
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What is the density of water at a depth where pressure is atm, given that its density at the surface is ?
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