Mechanical Properties of Solids

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If SS is stress and YY is Young's modulus of material of a wire, the energy stored in the wire per unit volume is

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Answer: (B) S2/2YS^2 / 2 Y

U=12U=\frac{1}{2} stress ×\times strain =S22Y=\frac{S^2}{2 Y}

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