Strain Energy
Strain Energy: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as potential energy of a stretched wire and elastic potential energy per unit volume of wire.
Important Questions on Strain Energy
A work of is done on a wire of length and area of cross-section . If the Young's modulus of the material of the wire is , then the wire must be

When a steel wire fixed at one end is pulled by a constant force at its other end, its length increases by . Which of the following statements is not correct?

When an elastic material with Young's modulus is subjected to a stretching stress the elastic energy stored per unit volume of the material is

Show that strain energy per unit volume of a strained wire is .

Write an expression for strain energy in a strained wire.

When the load on a wire is increased from to the elongation increases from to . The required work done during the extension of the wire is

An elastic string of length and cross section area is attached between two pegs at a distance of . A particle of mass is kept at mid point of string and stretched by and released. As string attains natural length, the particle attains a speed . Then young’s modulus of string is of order

Work done for a certain spring when stretched through 1 mm is 10 joule. The amount of work that must be done on the spring to stretch it further by 1 mm is

Two wires of the same material and length but diameters in the ratio 1 : 2 are stretched by the same force. The elastic potential energy per unit volume for the wires, when stretched by the same force will be in the ratio.

The potential energy U between two atoms in a diatomic molecules as a function of the distance x between atoms has been shown in the figure. The atoms are

Consider four steel wires of dimensions given below (d = dimeter and l = length):
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If same force is applied to all the wires then the elastic potential energy stored will be maximum in wire.

A wire fixed at the upper end stretches by length, by applying a force, . What is the work done in stretching the wire?

In a wire stretched by hanging a weight from its end, the elastic potential energy per unit volume in terms of longitudinal strain and modulus of elasticity is -

An elastic wire is stretched by from its natural length and its potential energy is . If the wire is stretched by from its natural length, its potential energy will be

A wire suspended vertically from one of its ends is stretched by attaching a weight of 200 N to the lower end. The weight stretches the wire by 1 mm. Then the elastic energy stored in the wire is

A metal rod of Young's modulus undergoes an elastic strain of . The energy per unit volume stored in is -

A wire suspended vertically from one of its ends is stretched by attaching a weight of to the lower end. The weight stretches the wire by . Then the elastic energy stored in the wire -

A wire suspended vertically from one of its ends is stretched by attaching a weight of to the lower end. The weight stretches the wire by . Then the elastic energy stored in the wire -

A metal rod of Young's modulus undergoes an elastic strain of . The energy per unit volume stored in is -

The rubber cord catapult has a cross-section area and total unstretched length . It is stretched to and then released to project a stone of mass . Taking Young's modulus of rubber as , the velocity of projection will be -
