Question: olyethylene bar having diameter d 1 = 8 8 . 9 mm is placed inside a steel tube having inner diameter d 2 = 8

olyethylene bar having diameter d1=88.9 mm is placed inside a steel tube having inner diameter d2=89.2 mm (see figure). The polyethylene bar is then compressed by an axial force P.At what value of the force P will the space between the polyethylene bar and the steel tube be closed? (For polyethylene, assume modulus of elasticity E =2758 MPa and Poissons ratio =0.4)

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