A 5 kg mass is attached to one end of a copper wire 2m long and 2mm in diameter.
Channel: Doubtnut
Date: 16/08/2020

A 5 kg mass is attached to one end of a copper wire 2m long and 2mm in diameter. Calculate the leteral compression produced in it. Posisson's ration is 0.3 and Young's modulus of the meterial of the wire is `12.5 xx 10^(10)Nm^(-2)`