9.19 A mild steel wire of length 1.0 m and cross-sectional area of 0.50 × 10-2 cm2 is stretched, well within its elastic limits, horizontally between two pillars. A mass of 100 g is suspended from the midpoint of the wire. Calculate the depression at the mid-point.
Given that:
Length of the steel wire = 1.0 m
Area of cross-section, A = 0.50×10-2 cm2=0.50×10-6 m2
A mass 100g is suspended from its midpoint.
The wire dips at the centre as shown in the given figure.
The length after mass m is attached to the wire = XO + OZ
Where,
XO=OZ=[(0.5)2+l2]12
Increase in the length of the wire:
Δl = (XO+OZ)–XZ = (XO+OZ)-1.0
∆
Expanding and neglecting higher terms,
If T is the tension in the wire,
mg = 2Tcosθ
From the figure,
Expanding the expression and eliminating the higher terms:
Young’s modulus of steel, Y =
Hence, the depression at the midpoint is 0.0106 m.
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