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The bulk modulus of a spherical object is If it is subjected to uniform pressure the fractional decreases in radius is
A copper bar of length and area of cross-section is placed in a chamber at atmospheric pressure. If the chamber is evacuated, the percentage change in its volume will be (compressibility of copper is 8\,\, imes \,{10^{12}}\,{\rm{m}}{\,^2}{{\rm{N}}^{ - 1}}{\rm{and}}\,\,1\,\,{\rm{atm}} = {10^5}\,\,{\rm{N}}{{\rm{m}}^2})
A wire of area of cross-section is increased in length by . The tension produced is 1000 N. The Young’s modulus of wire is
A metal sphere with bulk modulus is placed inside a high-pressure chamber. If the pressure inside the chamber is increased by , what is the fractional change in the diameter of the sphere?
p/3B
2p/3B
p/6B
p/B
For a perfectly incompressible material, which of the following is TRUE?
Its bulk modulus is infinite.
Its Poisson's ratio is zero.
Its Young's modulus is zero.
Its shear modulus is infinite.
A spherical object is subjected to uniform pressure. Which of the following correctly relates the fractional decrease in radius (), the bulk modulus (), and the applied pressure ()?
The bulk modulus of a material is a measure of its:
Resistance to uniform compression
Resistance to stretching
Resistance to bending
Resistance to shearing
A solid sphere of radius made of a material of bulk modulus is surrounded by a liquid in a cylindrical container. A massless piston of area a floats on the surface of the liquid. When a mass m is placed on the piston to compress the liquid, the fractional change in the radius of the sphere () is
mg/ka
mg/3ka
3mg/ka
mg/4ka
If a bar is made of copper whose coefficient of linear expansion is one and a half times that of iron, the ratio of the force developed in the copper bar to the iron bar of identical lengths and cross-sections, when heated through the same temperature range (Young’s modulus for copper may be taken equal to that of iron) is