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A wire elongates by 2 mm when a load W is hanged from it. If this wire goes over a pulley and two weights W each are hung at the two ends then elongation in the wire will be

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The force between two atoms can be represented by the potential energy U curve as shown in figure. For r<r0 and r>r0, the forces between two atoms are respectively

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1 cc of water is taken from the surface to the bottom of a lake having depth 100 m. If Bulk modulus of water is 2.2×109 N m-2 then decrease in the volume of the water will be
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A uniform rod suffers a longitudinal strain of 2×10-3. The Poisson ratio of the material of the rod is 0.4. The percentage change in volume is
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The Poisson's ratio of a material is 0.5. If a force is applied to a wire of this material, there is a decrease in the cross-sectional area by 4%. The percentage increase in the length is
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If the Bulk modulus of lead is 8.0×109 N m-2 and the initial density of the lead is 11.4 g cc-1, then under the pressure of 2.0×108 N m-2, the density of the lead is
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Two exactly similar wires of steel and copper are stretched by equal forces. If the total elongation is 2 cm, then how much is the elongation in steel and copper wire respectively? Given, Ysteel=20×1011 dyne cm2, Ycopper=12×1011dyne cm2.
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The load versus elongation graph for four wires of the same material is shown in figure. The thinnest wire is represented by line

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One end of a wire of length L and weight w is attached rigidly to a point in roof and a weight w1 is suspended from its lower end. If A is the area of cross-section of the wire then the stress in the wire at a height 3L4 from its lower end is