- Water stands at a depth H in a tank whose side
walls are vertical as shown in the gure. A hole is
made on one side of the walls at a depth h below
the water surface.
h
H–h
v
H
s
(a) At what distance s from the foot of the wall
does the emerging stream of water strike the
oor?
(b) For what value of h this range is maximum?
- (i) e breaking stress for aluminium is
7.5 × 10^7 N m–2. Find the greatest length
of aluminium wire that can hang vertically
without breaking under its own weight.
Density of aluminium is 2.7 × 10^3 kg m–3.
(ii) e shear modulus of a material is always
considerably smaller than the Young's
modulus for it. What does it signify? - A solid sphere of mass m = 2 kg and density of
0.5 × 10^3 kg m–3 is held stationary relative to a
tank lled with water as shown in gure. e tank
is accelerating vertically upward with acceleration
2 m s–2.
(i) Calculate the tension in
the thread connecting the
sphere and the bottom of
the tank.
(ii) If the thread snaps, calculate
the acceleration of the sphere with respect to
the tank. (Density of water is ρ = 1000 kg m–3
and g = 10 m s–2.) - (a) Explain why should the beams used in the
construction of bridges have large depth and
small breadth.
(b) Why are girders given I shape?
SECTION D - Explain what happens when the load on a metal
wire suspended from a rigid support is gradually
increased. Illustrate your answer with a suitable
stress-strain graph.
OR
(a) Pressure decreases as one ascends the
atmosphere. If the density of air is ρ, what is
the change in pressure dP over a dierential
height dh?
(b) Considering the pressure P to be proportional
to the density, nd the pressure P at a height
h if the pressure on the surface of the earth
is P 0.
(c) If P 0 = 1.013 × 10^5 N m–2, ρ 0 = 1.29 kg m–3 and
g = 9.8 m s–2, at what height will the pressure
drop to (1/10) the value at the surface of the
earth?
(d) is model of the atmosphere works for
relatively small distances. Identify the
underlying assumption that limits the model.
- A bar of cross-section A is subjected to equal and
opposite tensile forces at its ends. Consider a plane
section of the bar whose normal makes an angle q
with the axis of the bar.
(i) What is the tensile stress on this plane?
(ii) What is the shearing stress on this plane?
(iii) For what value of q is the tensile stress
maximum?
(iv) For what value of q is the shearing stress
maximum?
F q F
OR
State and prove Bernoulli's theorem.
- A light rod of length 2 m is suspended horizontally
by means of two vertical wires of equal lengths
tied to its ends. One of the wires is made of
steel and is of cross-section A 1 = 0.1 cm^2
and the other is of brass and is of cross-section
A 2 = 0.2 cm^2. Find out the position along the rod
at which a weight must be suspended to produce
(i) equal stress in both wires, (ii) equal strain in
both wires. For steel, Y = 20 × 10^10 N m–2 and for
brass Y = 10 × 10^10 N m–2.
OR
Explain how does a body attain a terminal velocity
when it is dropped from rest in a viscous medium.
Derive an expression for the terminal velocity of
a small spherical body falling through a viscous
medium.