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3 years ago

Why electric potential of earth is taken to be zero?

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stiv31 [10]3 years ago

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The ground is very large an small amount of electric charge wont affect it

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A 30 g bullet moving a horizontal velocity of 500 m/s comes to a stop 12 cm within a solid wall. (a) what is the change in the b

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v = 500 m/s, the velocity of the bullet

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W = (1/2)*(F N)*(0.12 m) = 0.06F J

If energy losses in the form of heat or sound waves are ignored, then
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Rod AB has a diameter of 200mm and rod BC has a diameter of 150mm. Find the required temperature increase to close the gap at C.

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Answer:

$T&=\frac{\sigma_{AB}+\sigma_{BC}}{2\alpha E}$

Explanation:

The given data :-

Diameter of rod AB ( d₁ ) = 200 mm.

Diameter of rod BC ( d₂ ) = 150 mm.

The linear co-efficient of thermal expansion of copper ( ∝ ) = 1.6 × 10⁻⁶ /°C

The young's modulus of elasticity of copper ( E ) = 120 GPa = 120 × 10³ MPa.
Consider the required temperature increase to close the gap at C = T °C
Consider the change in length of the rod = бL

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$\begin{aligned}\sum H& =0\\-R_A+R_C&=0\\R_A&=R_C\\R_A&=R\\R_C&=R\\R_{A}&=\text{reaction\:force\:at\:A}\\R_{C}&=\text{reaction\:force\:at\:C}\\\sigma_{AB}&=\text{axial\:stress\:at\:A}\\\sigma_{BC}&=\text{axial\:stress\:at\:B}\\\sigma_{AB}&=\frac{R}{A_{A}}\\&=\frac{R_{A}}{A_{A}}\\\sigma_{BC}&=\frac{R_{B}}{A_{B}}\\&=\frac{R}{A_{B}}\\\frac{\sigma_{AB}}{\sigma_{BC}}&=\frac{A_{B}}{A_{B}}\\&=\frac{\frac{\pi}{4}\cdot 150^{2}}{\frac{\pi}{4}\cdot 200^{2}}\\&=\frac{9}{16}\end{aligned}$

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