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Tutorial 10
Chapter 9.5 & 9.10

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

1. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding Archimedes’ principle?

A. Any object completely or partially surfaced in a fluid is buoyed up by force with a

magnitude equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
B. Any object completely or partially submerged in a fluid is buoyed up by force with a
magnitude equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
C. Any object completely or partially submerged in a fluid is buoyed up by momentum
with a magnitude equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.
D. Any object completely or partially submerged in a fluid is buoyed down by momentum
with a magnitude equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object.

2. Stress is defined as:

A. Force per unit mass causing a deformation.

B. Force per unit time causing a deformation.
C. Force per unit area causing a deformation.
D. Force per unit length causing a deformation.

3. Which of the following statement is FALSE regarding strain?

A. Measurement of the amount of the deformation.

B. Stress is proportional to strain.
C. Strain is a dimensionless quantity.
D. Strain occurs when external momentum is applied to an object.

4. The density of lead is greater than iron and both metals are denser than water. If the
solid lead and solid iron are taken through the same dimensions,

A. the buoyant force on a solid lead object greater than the buoyant force acting on a
solid iron object of the same dimensions.
B. the buoyant force on a solid lead object equal to the buoyant force acting on a solid
iron object of the same dimensions.
C. the buoyant force on a solid lead object less than the buoyant force acting on a solid
iron object of the same dimensions.
D. the buoyant force on a solid lead object equal to the buoyant force acting on a solid
iron object of different dimensions.

5. State whether the following statements are ‘TRUE’ or ‘FALSE’.

i. The tensile stress is defined as the ratio of the magnitude of the external force F to
the cross-sectional area A.
ii. The tensile strain is defined as the ratio Δx/h, where Δx is the horizontal distance the
sheared face moves and h is the height of the object.

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iii. The shear stress is defined as the ratio of the magnitude of the perpendicular force to
the area A of the face being sheared.
iv. The shear strain is the ratio of the change in length ΔL to the original length L0.
v. The volume stress is defined as the ratio of the change in the magnitude of the
applied force ΔF to the surface area A.
vi. The volume strain is equal to the change in volume ΔV divided by the original volume
V.

6. What does point M, N and O represent on the graph stress versus strain?

A. M: Elastic limit, N: Breaking point and O: Elastic behavior

B. M: Elastic behavior, N: Breaking point and O: Elastic limit
C. M: Elastic behavior, N: Elastic limit and O: Breaking point
D. M: Elastic limit, N: Elastic behavior and O: Breaking point

Structured Questions

Chapter 9.5 & 9.10

1. A table-tennis ball has a diameter of 3.80 cm and average density of 0.0840 g/cm3. What
force is required to hold it completely submerged under water?
Answer: ‒0.258 N

2. A 20.0-kg lead mass rests on the bottom of a pool.

(a) What is the volume of the lead?

Answer: 1.77 10‒3 m3

(b) What buoyant force acts on the lead?

Answer: 17.3 N

(c) Find the leads weight.

Answer: 196 N

(d) What is the normal force acting on the lead?

Answer: 179 N

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3. A 62.0 kg survivor of a cruise line disaster rests atop a block of Styrofoam insulation,
using it as a raft. The Styrofoam has dimensions 2.00 m x 2.00 m x 0.0900 m. The
bottom 0.024 m of the raft is submerged.

(a) Draw a force diagram of the system consisting of the survivor and the raft.

(b) Write Newton’s second law for the system in one dimension, using B for buoyancy, 
for the weight of the survivor, and  r for the weight of the raft. (Set a=0)
Answer:

(c) Calculate the numeric value for the buoyancy, B. (Seawater has density 1025
kg/m3.)
Answer: 964 N

(d) Using the value of B and the weight  of the survivor; calculate the weight wr of the
Styrofoam.
Answer: 356 N

(e) What is the density of the Styrofoam?

Answer: 101 kg/m3

(f) What is the maximum buoyant force corresponding to the raft being submerged up to
its top surface?
Answer: 3.62 103 N

(g) What total mass of survivors can the raft support?

Answer: 333 kg

4. A large balloon of mass 226 kg is filled with helium gas until its volume is 325 m3.
Assume the density of air is 1.29 kg/m3 and the density of helium is 0.179 kg/m3.

(a) Draw a force diagram for the balloon.

(b) Calculate the buoyant force acting on the balloon.

Answer: 4.11 103 N

(c) Find the net force on the balloon and determine whether the balloon will rise or fall
after it is released.
Answer: +1.33 103 N, the ballon rises

(d) What maximum additional mass can the balloon support in equilibrium?
Answer: 136 kg

(e) What happens to the balloon if the mass of the load is less than the value calculated
in part (d)?

(f) What limits the height to which the balloon can rise?

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5. A light spring of force constant k=160 N/m rests vertically on the bottom of a large beaker
of water (Figure P9.28a). A 5.00 kg block of wood (density 650 kg/m3) is connected to
the spring, and the block-spring system is allowed to come to static equilibrium (Figure
P9.28b). What is the elongation L of the spring?
Answer: 0.165 m

Figure P9.28

6. A 200-kg load is hung on a wire of length 4.00 m, cross sectional area 0.200 x10 ‒4 m2
and Young modulus 8.00 x 10 10 N/m2.What is its increase in length?
Answer: 4.9 10‒3 m

7. A 90-kg rock climber attaches a 50-m long,1.0-cm diameter nylon rope to the top of one
of the Isle of Portland’s famous limestones cliffs. When fully supporting his weight, the
rope elongates 1.6 m. Find its Young’s modulus.
Answer: 3.5 108 Pa

8. A high-speed lifting mechanism supports an 800 kg object with a steel cable that is
25.0 m long and 4.0 cm2 in cross-sectional area.

(a) Determine the elongation of the cable.

Answer: 2.5 10‒3 m

(b) By what additional amount does the cable increase in length if the object is
accelerated upward at 3.0 m/s2?
Answer: 7 10‒4 m

(c) What is the greatest mass that can be accelerated upward at 3.0 m/s2 if the stress in
the cable is not to exceed the elastic limit of the cable, which is 2.2 x 108 Pa?
Answer: 6.9 103 kg

9. Determine the elongation of the rod in Figure P9.75 if it is under a tension of 5.8x10 3N.

Figure P9.75
Answer: 1.9 10‒2 m

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10. Table 2 shows the values for Elastic Moduli of copper. (PAST YEAR PHY094 2019)

Table 2
Elastic Modulus Value (Pa)
Young's Modulus 11.0 1010
Shear Modulus 4.20 1010
Bulk Modulus 14.0 1010

i. A copper rod of length 2.00 m has a cross-sectional area of 6.00 10‒3 m2. The rod
is pulled by a 300 kg load. Determine the elongation of the rod.
Answer: 8.91 10‒6 m

ii. Calculate the pressure required to reduce the volume of the copper block by 10%.
Answer: 1.4 1010 Pa

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