Mechanical Properties of Solids questions
395 published questions with worked solutions.
- Two wires A and B made of different materials of length 6.0 cm and 5.4 cm, respectively and area of cross sections 3.0 10^ -5 m^2...
- The increase in pressure required to decrease the volume of a water sample by 0.2% is P × 10^5Nm^ -2 . Bulk modulus of water is...
- The volume contraction of a solid copper cube of edge length 10 cm, when subjected to a hydraulic pressure of 7 10^6 Pa, would be...
- The length of a light string is 1.4 m when the tension on it is 5 N. If the tension increases to 7 N, the length of the string is...
- A steel wire of length 2 m and Young's modulus 2.0 × 10¹¹ Nm⁻² is stretched by a force. If Poisson ratio and transverse strain...
- A 3m long wire of radius 3 mm shows an extension of 0.1 mm when loaded vertically by a mass of 50 kg in an experiment to...
- A cylindrical rod of length 1 m and radius 4 cm is mounted vertically. It is subjected to a shear force of 10^5 N at the top....
- The pressure that has to be applied to the ends of a steel wire of length 10 cm to keep its length constant when its temperature...
- A man grows into a giant such that his linear dimensions increase by a factor of 9. Assuming that his density remains same, the...
- A solid sphere of radius r made of a soft material of bulk modulus K is surrounded by a liquid in a cylindrical container. A...
- A steel wire having a radius of 2.0 mm, carrying a load of 4 kg, is hanging from a ceiling. Given that g = 3.1π ms^ -2 , what...
- A boy's catapult is made of rubber cord which is 42 cm long, with 6 mm diameter of cross-section and of negligible mass. The boy...
- Young's moduli of two wires A and B are in the ratio 7 : 4. Wire A is 2 m long and has radius R. Wire B is 1.5 m long and has...
- The elastic limit of brass is 379 MPa. What should be the minimum diameter of a brass rod if it is to support a 400 N load...
- A load of mass M kg is suspended from a steel wire of length 2 m and radius 1.0 mm in Searle's apparatus experiment. The increase...
- One end of a metal wire is fixed to a ceiling and a load of 2 kg hangs from the other end. A similar wire is attached to the...
- With rise in temperature, the Young's modulus of elasticity:
- An elastic spring under tension of 3 N has a length a. Its length is b under tension 2 N. For its length (3a – 2b), the value of...
- The density and breaking stress of a wire are 6 × 10^4 kg/m^3 and 1.2 × 10^8 N/m^2 respectively. The wire is suspended from a...
- Match List-I with List-II: List-I: (A) A force that restores an elastic body of unit area to its original state (B) Two equal and...
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