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A uniform steel wire of cross-sectional area 0.20 mm2 is held fixed by clamping its two ends. Find the extra force exerted by each clamp on the wire if the wire is cooled from 100∘C to 0∘C. Young's modulus of steel = 2.0 × 1011 N/m2. Coefficient of linear expansion of steel = 1.2 × 10−5/∘C.

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A uniform steel wire of cross-sectional area 0.20 mm2 is held fixed by clamping its two ends. Find the extra force exerted by each clamp on the wire if the wire is cooled from 100C to 0C. Young's modulus of steel = 2.0 × 1011 N/m2. Coefficient of linear expansion of steel = 1.2 × 105/C.




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