A truck is pulling a car out of a ditch by means of a steel cable that is $9.1\,m$ long and has a radius of $5\,mm$, when the car just begins to move the tension in the cable is $800\,N$. How much has the cable stretched ? (Young’s modulus for steel is $ 2 \times 10^{11}\,Nm^{-2}$)

Two identical solid balls, one of ivory and the other of wet-clay are dropped from the same height on the floor. Which one will rise to a greater height after striking the floor and why ?

The diameter of a brass rod is 4 mm and Young's modulus of brass is $9 \times {10^{10}}\,N/{m^2}$. The force required to stretch by $0.1\%$ of its length is

A steel rod of length $1\,m$ and area of cross section $1\,cm^2$ is heated from $0\,^oC$ to $200\,^oC$ without being allowed to extend or bend. Find the tension produced in the rod $(Y = 2.0 \times 10^{11}\,Nm^{-2}$,  $\alpha = 10^{-5} C^{-1})$ 

$(a)$ A steel wire of mass $\mu $ per unit length with a circular cross section has a radius of $0.1\,cm$. The wire is of length $10\,m$ when measured lying horizontal and hangs from a hook on the wall. A mass of $25\, kg$ is hung from the free end of the wire. Assuming the wire to be uniform an lateral strains $< \,<$ longitudinal strains find the extension in the length of the wire. The density of steel is $7860\, kgm^{-3}$ and Young’s modulus $=2 \times 10^{11}\,Nm^{-2}$.

$(b)$ If the yield strength of steel is $2.5 \times 10^8\,Nm^{-2}$, what is the maximum weight that can be hung at the lower end of the wire ?