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 mcarries 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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