a. State the meaning of tensile stress and tensile strain. b. A vertical steel wire of length
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a. State the meaning of tensile stress and tensile strain.
b. A vertical steel wire of length 1.6 m and cross-sectional area 1.3 × 10−6 m2 carries a weight of 60 N. The Young modulus for steel is 2.1 × 1011 Pa.
Calculate:
i. The stress in the wire
ii. The strain in the wire
iii. The extension produced in the wire by the weight.
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Cambridge International AS And A Level Physics Coursebook
ISBN: 9781108859035
3rd Edition
Authors: David Sang, Graham Jones, Gurinder Chadha, Richard Woodside
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