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    Worksheet on MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS

    A) Choose the correct option.


    1) What is the term used for the fractional change in volume per unit
    increase in pressure?
    A. Volume coefficient
    B. Pressure gradient
    C. Compressibility
    D. Bulk modulus
    2) Shearing stress changes ____________ of the body.
    A. Length
    B. Breadth
    C. Shape
    D. Volume
    3) Hooke's law essentially defines
    A. Stress
    B. Strain
    C. Yield point
    D. Elastic limit
    4) How does Young’s modulus vary with the increase in temperature?
    A. Increases
    B. Decreases
    C. Remain constant
    D. First increases and then decreases
    5) In magnitude, what is equal to the hydraulic stress?
    A. Hydraulic force
    B. Hydraulic pressure
    C. Restoring force
    D. Hydraulic strain

    6) A wire has a young’s modulus of 10 5N/m2, length 1m & radius 3mm.


    Assuming a uniform cross sectional area, find the radius of wire after it
    is under a force of 1N from both ends.
    A. 2.58m
    B. 2.30m
    C. 3.54m
    D. 2.24m
    B) SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
    1. Interatomic and intermolecular forces are similar in certain aspects. Justify.
    2. Why does a cycle tube burst in summer ?
    3. Why is steel more elastic than rubber ?
    4. What do you mean by the elastic limit ?
    5. How does the elasticity of material change on (a) increasing the temperature.
    (b) on heating and cooling gradually.
    (c) on hammering.
    6. Plot Load vs Extension curve for a metal on the graph and depict :
    (i) Yield point, (ii) Breaking point, (iii) Elastic limit, (iv) Crushing point.
    7. The length of a metal is l1 when the tension in it is T1 and is l2 when the tension is
    T2. Find the original length of the wire.
    8. When a weight ‘W’ is hung from one end of the wire, other end being fixed, the
    elongation produced on it be ‘l’. If this wire goes over a pulley and two weights ‘W’
    each are hung at the two ends, what will be the total elongation in the wire ?
    9. A spherical ball contracts in volume by 0.01% when subjected to a normal uniform
    pressure of two atmospheres. What is the bulk modulus of its material in C.G.S.
    units ?
    10. Railway trackes are laid on large sized wooden, iron or cement sleepers. Why ?
    11. Explain the terms : Young’s modulus of elasticity and elastic fatigue.
    12. Show graphically the change of potential energy and kinetic energy of a block
    attached to a spring which obeys Hooke’s law.
    B) Solve the following numericals.
    13. A steel wire of length 4.7 m and cross-sectional area 3.0 x 10-5 m2 stretches by the
    same amount as a copper wire of length 3.5 m and cross-sectional area of 4.0 x 10-
    5 m2 under a given load. What is the ratio of the Young’s modulus of steel to that of

    copper?
    14.Two wires of diameter 0.25 cm, one made of steel and
    other made of brass are loaded as shown in figure. The
    unloaded length of steel wire is 1.5 m and that of brass
    wire is 1.0 m.Young’s modulus of steel is 2.0 x 1011 Pa.
    Compute the elongations of steel and brass wires. (1 Pa =
    1 N m2).

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