PHYSICS

ELASTICITY
1. A wire of length 10 m and diameter 2 mm hanging vertically is loaded by 6.28 kg mass. If it
elongates by 1 mm then find its Young’s Modulus.
Ans 2.0 × 10 N
m

2. Two wires of the same materials have their lengths in ratio of 2:3 and radii in the ratio of 2:1.
Find the ratio of the stretching forces acting on them when
(i) strains produced in both are equal. (ii) elongations produced in both are equal.
(iii) stress produced in both are equal.
Ans (i) 4:1 (ii) 6:1 (iii) 4:1

3. A steel wire of length 4.7 m and area of cross section 3.0 × 10- m stretches by the same
amount as a copper wire of length 3.5 m and area of cross section 4.0 × 10- m under a given
load. What is the ratio of the Young’s Modulus of the steel to that of copper?
Ans 1.8

4. A tensile stress of 1.0 × 10 𝑁 increases the length of a wire by 1%of its original length.
𝑚
Find Young’s Modulus of the material of the wire.
Ans 1.0 × 10 𝑁
𝑚

5. A wire of length 2.5 m and cross sectional area 1.5 mm gets elongated by 1 mm when loaded
by weight W. Calculate the elongation produced in another wire of the same metal but of
length 3 m and area of cross section 3.0 𝑚𝑚 when loaded by the weight 5W.
Ans 3 mm

6. An aluminium wire is of diameter 1.0 cm and length 1.0 m. find the largest mass that can be
hung from it without breaking it. Ultimate strength of aluminium is 50 × 10 𝑁 .
𝑚
Ans 400.5 kg

7. A stress of 1.0 × 10 𝑁 is required for breaking a material. If the density of the material is
𝑚
3.0 × 10 𝑁 , then what should be the length of the wire so that it breaks under its own
𝑚
weight?
Ans 34 m

8. A composite wire of uniform diameter 3.0 mm consists of a copper wire of length 2.2 m and
steel wire of length 1.6 m stretches under a load by 0.7 mm. Calculate the load, given that
Young’s Modulus for copper is 1.1 × 10 𝑁 and that for steel is 2.0 × 10 𝑁 .
𝑚 𝑚
Ans 176.8 N

9. A body of mass 2kg is fastened to one end of a steel wire of cross sectional area 410-6 m2
and is rotated in a horizontal circle of radius 1/2 m with a constant speed 10 m/s. Find the
elongation of the wire is [Y = 21011 N/m2]
Ans 25 x 10-5 m

10. Two blocks of masses 5kg and 10kg are placed on a smooth surface and connected by a
massless steel wire of length 5m and area of cross section 310-6 m2. If the system is pulled
with a force 45N as shown in figure then the strain produce in the wire is [Y=21011 N/m2]
Ans 2.510-5

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