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gemz
 
Reply Wed 8 Mar, 2006 10:28 pm
anyone that can help with this - very much appreciated.

A 1.6m long steel piano wire has a diameter of 0.2 cm. How great is the tension (in Newtons) in the wire if it stretches 0.3 cm when tightened ?

Assume an elastic modulus of steel = 2 x10^11 N/m^2)
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engineer
 
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Reply Thu 9 Mar, 2006 09:23 am
From Wikipedia...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/0/7/1/071d20271b5069eaf399a6f40f830820.png

λ is the modulus of elasticity, measured in pascals

F is the force, measured in newtons

A is the cross-sectional area through which the force is applied, measured in square metres

x is the extension, measured in metres

l is the natural length, measured in metres

You provided A, x, l and λ in your problem statement. All you have to do now is convert the units.
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