Mechanical Properties of Solids questions
395 published questions with worked solutions.
- Two wires of the same material have lengths in the ratio 1:2, and their diameters are in the ratio 2:2. If they are stretched by...
- The length of an elastic string is a metre when the tension is 4 N, and b metre when the tension is 5 N. The length in metre when...
- A cube of aluminium of side 0.1 m is subjected to a shearing force of 100 N. The top face of the cube is displaced through 0.02...
- A ball falling in a lake of depth 200 m shows a decrease of 0.1% in its volume at the bottom. The bulk modulus of elasticity of...
- A tensile force of 2 10^3 N doubles the length of a rubber band of cross-sectional area 2 10^ -4 m^2. The Young's modulus of...
- The upper end of a wire 1 m long and 2 mm radius is clamped. The lower end is twisted through an angle of 45^ . The angle of...
- The dimensions of four wires of the same material are given below. In which wire will the increase in length be maximum?
- Two bars A and B of circular cross-section and of the same volume and made of the same material are subjected to tension. If the...
- A wire extends by 1 mm when a force is applied. Double the force is applied to another wire of the same material and length but...
- Two wires of the same material and length are stretched by the same force. Their masses are in the ratio 3:2. Their elongations...
- The upper end of a wire of radius 4 mm and length 100 cm is clamped, and its other end is twisted through an angle of 30^ . Then...
- A copper wire 2 m long is stretched by 1 mm. If the energy stored in the stretched wire is converted into heat, calculate the...
- In the three states of matter, the elastic coefficient that can be defined for all three is
- Two wires of equal cross-section but one made of steel and the other of copper are joined end to end. When the combination is...
- The force required to stretch a steel wire of 1 cm^2 cross-section to 1.1 times its length would be (Y=2 10^ 11 Nm^ -2 )
- A wire (Y=2 10^ 11 Nm^ -2 ) has length 1 m and area of cross-section 1 mm^2. The work required to increase its length by 2 mm is
- When a force is applied on a wire of uniform cross-sectional area 3 10^ -6 m^2 and length 4 m, the increase in length is 1 mm....
- A solid block of silver with density 10.5 10^3 kg ,m^ -3 is subjected to an external pressure of 10^7 Nm^ -2 . If the bulk...
- Statement 1: Force constant k= YA l , where Y is Young's modulus, A is area and l is the original length of the given spring....
- A metal wire of length L is suspended vertically from a rigid support. When a body of mass M is attached to the lower end of the...
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