a wire is cut half to its original length.. (a) how would it affect the increase in length under a given load ? (b) how does it affect the maximum load it can support without exceeding the elastic limit ? Share with your friends Share 14 Jyoti Pant answered this (a) Using the relation, ∆L=FLAYNow, L'=L/2Then, ∆L'=F (L/2)AY=12∆LHence when the original length of the wire becomes L/2, elongation ∆L will also get halved.(b) We have a relation,F=YA∆LLSince ∆LL remains constant even on cutting the wire to half it's original length. [Y and A remains the same for any length of the wire].Thus, there will be no change in the volume of the maximum load F. 27 View Full Answer
