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Grade 12Mechanics

One end of a steel wire of area of cross section 3mm2 is attached to the ceiling of an elevator moving up with an acceletation 2.2m/s2.if a load of 8kg is attached at its free end then the stress developed in wire will be

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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8 Years ago
STRESS=FORCE/AREA. As in a escalator accelerating upward, tension in string is T=mg-ma, T=8(10-2.2)=8x7.8. 
STRESS=8x7.8/3x10-6. STRESS=20.8x106 N/m2.