Mech 320 Activity

1. A mass of 2.00 kg is supported by a copper wire of length 4.00 m and diameter 4.00
mm.Determine (a) the stress in the wire and (b) the elongation of the wire.

2. A uniform pressure of 5.00 104 Pa is exerted on a copper block having a volume of 10–
3 m3. What is the change in volume of the block?

3. During a tensile strength experiment, a small-diameter fiber is elongated by a force of

0.0250 N. The fiber has an initial length of 0.200 m and stretches a distance of 4.00
1024 m. The Young’s modulus for the material being tested is 7.60 1010 Pa.
Determine the diameter of the fiber.

4. A 1.6 m long steel piano wire has a diameter of 0.2 cm. How great is the tension in the wire
if it stretches 0.25 cm when tightened?