Mechanical Properties of Solids questions
395 published questions with worked solutions.
- The following four wires are made of the same material. Which of these will have the largest extension when the same tension is...
- Copper of fixed volume V is drawn into wire of length l. When this wire is subjected to a constant force F, the extension...
- The bulk modulus of a spherical object is 'B'. If it is subjected to uniform pressure 'p', the fractional decrease in radius is
- When a block of mass M is suspended by a long wire of length L, the length of the wire becomes (L + l). The elastic potential...
- The potential energy of a long spring when it is stretched by 3 cm is 'U'. If the spring is stretched by 9 cm, potential energy...
- When a long spring is stretched by 1 cm, the potential energy stored in the spring is 'U'. If it stretched by 4 cm, the potential...
- A spring has length and force constant 'K'. If it is cut into two springs of length ' _1' and ' _2' such that _1 = n _2 (n is...
- A structural steel rod has a radius of 10 mm and length of 1.0 m. A 100kN force stretches it along its length. Young's modulus of...
- A uniform wire (Young's modulus 2 10^ 11 Nm^ -2 ) is subjected to longitudinal tensile stress of 5 10^7Nm^ -2 . If the overall...
- A copper wire of length 1.0 m and a steel wire of length 0.5 m having equal cross-sectional areas are joined end to end. The...
- In materials like aluminium and copper, the correct order of magnitude of various elastic moduli is :
- The bulk moduli of ethanol, mercury and water are given as 0.9, 25 and 2.2 respectively in units of 10^9Nm^ -2 . For a given...
- Steel ruptures when a shear of 3.5 10^8 N m^ -2 is applied. The force needed to punch a 1 cm diameter hole in a steel sheet 0.3...
- Match List I with List II: List I A. Young's Modulus B. Compressibility C. Bulk Modulus D. Poisson's Ratio List II I. d L ( L d )...
- A uniformly tapering conical wire is made from a material of Young's modulus Y and has a normal, unextended length L. The radii,...
- A wire of length L suspended vertically from a rigid support is made to suffer extension l in its length by applying a force F....
- An elastic string of unstretched length L and force constant k is stretched by a small length x. It is further stretched by...
- Two springs have force constants k₁ and k₂. They are extended through the same distance x. If their elastic energies are E₁ and...
- The force constant of a wire is k and that of another wire is 2k. When both the wires are stretched through the same distance,...
- A wire is stretched under a force. If the wire suddenly snaps, the temperature of the wire [WB-JEE 2008]
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