Textbook questions for I P E  ( with links to answers )

Very short Answer Questions

1.               State Hooke’s law of elasticity.    Answer

2.               State the units and dimensions of stress.        Answer

3.               State the units and dimensions of modulus of elasticity.        Answer

4.               State the units and dimensions of Young’s modulus.        Answer

5.               State the units and dimensions of modulus of rigidity.        Answer

6.               State the units and dimensions of Bulk modulus.        Answer

7.               State the examples of nearly perfect elastic and plastic bodies.        Answer

 

Short Answer Questions

1.              Define Hooke’s law of elasticity, proportionality, permanent set, and breaking stress.      Answer

2.              Define modulus of elasticity, stress, strain and Poisson’s ratio.        Answer

3.              Define Young’s modulus, Bulk modulus, and Shear modulus.        Answer

4.              Define stress and explain the types of stress.         Answer

5.              Define strain and explain the types of strain.        Answer

6.              Define strain energy and derive the equation for the same.              Answer

7.              Explain why steel is preferred to copper, brass, aluminum in heavy-duty machines and in structural designs.          Answer

8.              Describe the behavior of a wire under gradually increasing load.      Answer

9.              Two identical solid balls, one of ivory and the other of wet clay are dropped from the same height on to the floor. Which one will rise to a greater height after striking the floor and why?      Answer

10.         While constructing buildings and bridges a pillar with distributed ends is preferred to a pillar with rounded ends. Why?      Answer

11.         Explain why the maximum height of a mountain on earth is approximately 10 km?      Answer

12.         Explain the concept of Elastic Potential Energy in a stretched wire and hence obtain the expression for it.      Answer

 

Long Answer Questions

1.              Define Hooke’s law of elasticity and describe an experiment to determine the Young’s modulus of the material of a wire.      Answer

 

 

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