Keempee A.

Meera
ENG-102

1.Carlo wants to brace his teeth. A stainless steel orthodontic wire is applied to his tooth, as in
the figure below. The wire has an unstretched length of 3.3 cm and a diameter of 0.24 mm. If
the wire is stretched 0.12 mm, find the magnitude and direction of the force on the tooth.
Disregard the width of the tooth and assume the Young’s modulus for stainless is 20×1010 Pa.

FLₒ
Solution: From Y¿ A ( ΔL) , the tension needed to stretch the wire by 0.12 mm is

YA( ΔL) Y ( π d 2 ) ( ΔL)

F= -
Lₒ 4 Lₒ
2
( 20 ×1010 Pa ) π ( 0.24 ×10−3 m ) (0.12 ×10−3 m)
=
4 (3. 3 ×10−2 m)

= 32.90 N
R= 32.90 N directed down the page in the diagram

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