PHYSICS:

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Chapter 8: Mechanical Properties Of Solids.

1.Which type of substances are called elastomers ? Give one example.

2.Which is more elastic : water or air ? Why ?
3.Stress-strain curve for two wires of material A and B are as shown in Fig.

(a) Which material in more ductile ?

(b) Which material has greater value of young modulus ?
(c) Which of the two is stronger material ?
(d) Which material is more brittle?
4.What is the value of bulk modulus for an incompressible liquid?
5.For solids with elastic modulus of rigidity, the shearing force is proportional to
shear strain. On what factor does it depend in case of fuilds.
6.Calculate the percentage increase in the length of a wire of diameter 2mm
stretched by a force of 1kg F. Young’s modulus of the material of wire is 15 X 1010 Nm-2.
7.A truck is pulling a car out of a ditch by means of a steel cable that is 9.1 m long
and has a radius of 5 mm. When the car just begins to move, the tension in the cable is 800 N.
How much has the cable stretched? (Young’s modulus for steel is 2 × 1011Nm−2.
8.A steel wire of length 4.7 m and cross-sectional area 3.0 × 10-5 m2 stretches by the same
amount as a copper wire of length 3.5 m and cross-sectional area of 4.0 × 10–5 m2 under a
given load. What is the ratio of the Young’s modulus of steel to that of copper.
9.How does the elasticity of material change on (a) Increasing the temperature. (b) on heating
and cooling gradually.
(c) on hammering.
10.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.
11.A wire of length l and area of cross section A is stretched by the application of a force. If the
Young’s modulus is Y, what is the work done per unit volume?
12.Describe stress-strain relationship for a loaded steel wire and hence explain the
terms: Elastic limit, yield point, tensile strength.
13.Define Youngs modulus of elasticity, normal stress and longitudinal strain. Give
units of each of them. Derive an expression for the elastic potential energy of awire, when it
stretched.
14.Which is more elastic steel or rubber. Explain.
15.Define Poisson's ratio. Write an expression for it.
16.Derive three modulli of elasticity.
17.Explain why should the beams used in the construction of bridges have large depth and
small breadth.
Or
Explain why are girders given I shape.

Chapter 9. Mechanical Properties Of Fluids

Q.1 Explain the concept of capillary action with an example.

Q.2 Differentiate between streamline flow and turbulent flow.
Q.3 Write the expression for the pressure at a depth ℎ in a liquid of density d
Q.4 A hydraulic lift is used to lift a car of mass 1000 kg. The area of the cross-section of the
piston carrying the car is 1 m². What is the pressure exerted on the piston? (g=9.8m/s2)
Q.5 Calculate the excess pressure inside a soap bubble of radius 5 cm. Surface
tension of soap solution is 0.03N/m.
Q.6 A liquid has a surface tension of 0.075N/m. Calculate the excess pressure inside a
spherical droplet of this liquid with a radius of 0.5 mm.
Q.7 A cylindrical tank is filled with water to a height of 10 m. What is the pressure at
the bottom of the tank? (Density of water = 1000 kg/m3 ,g=9.8 m/s2)
Q.8 Explain why oil rises through the wick of an oil lamp?
Q.9 State Bernoulli’s principle.
Q.10 How does temperature affect the viscosity of liquids and gases?
Short Answer Type Questions(3 marks)
Q.11.Discuss the variation of fluid viscosity with temperature and pressure, also find
the units and dimensions of coefficients of viscosity.
Q.12 State and deduce Stokes’ law also state the condition under which Stokes’ law is valid.
Q.13 A hydraulic lift has two pistons of different diameters. The diameter of the smaller piston is
5 cm, and the diameter of the larger piston is 30 cm. If a force of 200 N is
applied to the smaller piston, calculate the force exerted by the larger piston.
Q.14. State Pascal's law and give an example of its application.
Q1.5 Explain why?
(i) Small drops of mercury are spherical and larger ones tend to flattened.
(ii) Sand is drier than clay.
Q.16 On the basis of Bernoulli’s principle explains the lift on an aircraft.
Q1.7 Derive formula for capillary rise. Calculate the capillary rise of water in a glass tube of
radius 0.5 mm. (Surface tension of water = 0.072 N/m, contact angle = 0°,
density of water = 1000 kg/m³)
Q.18 .Define angle of contact and on what factors it depends.
Q.19 Derive excess of pressure inside an air bubble.
Q.20 Two soap bubbles have their radii in the ratio 2:3 compare excess of pressure
inside these bubbles also compare the work done in blowing these bubbles.
Q.21.Give principle and working of hydraulic lift with a suitable diagram.
Q.22 State and prove Bernoulli’s principle for flow of non-viscus, incompressible liquid in
streamline flow.
Q. 23.(i) Derive an expression for the rise in capillary tube of uniform diameter and
sufficient length.
(ii) A liquid drop of diameter D breaks up into 27 small drops , find the resulting
change in energy. Take surface tension on the liquid as .
Q.24 Describe how does a body attains terminal velocity when it is dropped from rest to a
viscous medium. Derive an expression for terminal velocity.
Q.25.Show that there is always an excess pressure on the concave side of the meniscus of a
liquid. Obtain expression for the excess pressure
(i) inside a liquid drop (ii) inside liquid bubble (iii) inside an air bubble.
Q.26. The surface tension of soap solution at 20 °C is 2.50 × 10 − 2 N m-1
. Calculate the excess pressure inside a soap bubble of radius 5 mm of this solution. If an air
bubble of the same dimension were formed at depth of 40.0 cm inside a container containing
the soap solution of relative density 1.20, what would be the pressure inside the bubble?
(1 atm = 1.01 × 105 pa