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Stress



Strain

Strain

Longitudinal strain

Volume strain

Shear strain,



Hooke's Law

Within elastic limit,

Stress strain

stress = k strain

where k is the proportionality constant and is known as modulus of elasticity.

Young's Modulus of Elasticity



If is the length of wire, is radius and is the increase in length of the wire by suspending a weight Mg at its one end then Young's modulus of elasticity of the material of wire

Increment in Length Due to Own Weight

$\Delta \ell=\frac{\mathrm{MgL}}{2 \mathrm{AY}}=\frac{\rho g \mathrm{~L}^2}{2 \mathrm{Y}}$

Bulk Modulus of Elasticity

$$ \mathrm{K}=\frac{\text { Volume stress }}{\text { Volume strain }}=\frac{\mathrm{F} / \mathrm{A}}{\left(\frac{-\Delta \mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{V}}\right)}=\frac{\mathrm{P}}{\left(\frac{-\Delta \mathrm{V}}{\mathrm{V}}\right)} $$

Bulk modulus of an ideal gas is process dependent.

- For isothermal process, $\mathrm{PV}=$ constant

$$ \Rightarrow \mathrm{PdV}+\mathrm{VdP}=0 \Rightarrow P=\frac{-\mathrm{dP}}{\mathrm{dV} / \mathrm{V}} $$

So bulk modulus $=P$

- For adiabatic process $PV^\gamma=$ constant

$$ \begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \gamma \mathrm{PV}^{\gamma-1} \mathrm{dV}+\mathrm{V}^\gamma \mathrm{dP}=0 \\\\ &\Rightarrow \gamma \mathrm{PdV}+\mathrm{VdP}=0 \Rightarrow \gamma \mathrm{P}=\frac{-\mathrm{dP}}{\mathrm{dV} / \mathrm{V}} \end{aligned} $$

So bulk modulus $=\gamma \mathrm{P}$

- For any polytropic process $\mathrm{PV}^{\mathrm{n}}=$ constant

$$ \begin{aligned} &\Rightarrow \mathrm{nPV}^{\mathrm{n}-1} \mathrm{dV}+\mathrm{V}^{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{dP}=0 \Rightarrow \mathrm{PdV}+\mathrm{VdP}=0 \\\\ &\Rightarrow \mathrm{nP}=\frac{-\mathrm{dP}}{\mathrm{dV} / \mathrm{V}} \end{aligned} $$

So bulk modulus $=n P$

Compressibility

Compressibility,

Modulus of Rigidity

Poisson's Ratio



Let a bar be of length l and diameter d. When a tensile force is applied along the length of the bar, the length increases l + l and the diameter decreases d d.

lateral strain =

Longitudinal strain =

Poisson's ratio of bar components

Relationship between density change and Bulk Modulus

Let an object of mass m have volume V and density under pressure P.

If pressure increases P + dP, then density becomes + d and volume becomes V + dV.

Bulk Modulus,

Relationship Between Longitudinal Strain and Volume Strain

Let a bar of circular cross-section be of length l and radius r.

Bar volume

by differentiating we get,

or,

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If Poisson's ratio of bar components is , then

or,

or,

Volume Strain = Longitudinal Strain (1 2 Poisson's ratio)

Note : Poisson's ratio under linear deformation of an object where volume deformation is negligible i.e. volume remains almost unchanged is = 0.5

If volume deformation is negligible compared to linear deformation, then

or, .

Correlation Between Elastic Constants

Young's coefficient (Y), Bulk Modulus (K), Modulus of rigidity (n) of a solid, these three are called elastic coefficients and Poisson's ratio () are the elastic constants of the material.

Among them the following two relations can be proved,

...... (1)

...... (2)

Doing (1) + (2),

or,

or,

Doing (1) (2) ,

or,

or,

or,

TORSION CONSTANT OF A WIRE

Where is modulus of rigidity and is radius and length of wire respectively.

(a) Toque required for twisting by an angle .

(b) Work done in twisting by an angle .

Work Done in Stretching Wire

Work done in stretching wire