Assignment 01

Chapter 09: Mechanical Properties of solids

Date: 11-02-2021
Deadline: 15-02-2021
1. A spring 60 cm long is stretched by 2 cm by the application of a load of 200 gm. What will
be the length when a load of 500 gm is applied?
2. Calculate the percentage increase in length of a wire of diameter 2.2 mm
stretched by a load of 100 kg. Young’s modulus of wire 12.5 × 10 𝑁/𝑚 .
3. Two exactly similar wires of steel and copper are stretched by equal forces. If
the total elongation is 1 cm, find how much each wire is elongated. Given Y
for steel = 20 × 10 𝑁/𝑚 and Y for copper = 12 × 10 𝑁/𝑚 .
4. A wire of 1 mm diameter and 1 m long fixed at one end is stretched by 0.01
mm when a load of 10 kg is attached to its free end. Calculate Young’s
modulus of elasticity.
5. The graphs between stress and strain for two substance A and B are shown in
figure. Explain

(i) Which substances has more value of Young’s modulus?

(ii) Which of these two substances is more ductile?
(iii) Which of these two substances is more brittle
(iv) Which substances is more stronger?
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