In construction sites, you often see cranes using steel ropes that contain multiple strands of metal wires to lift heavy objects. In addition to their desired flexibility, is there any mechanical reason for choosing a bundle of wires instead of one solid rod with an equal cross-sectional area overall?

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Mechanical Properties of Solids

There are three types of matter- solid, liquid and gas. Out of them, solids have a rigid shaped and size. The intermolecular forces of attractions in solids are greatest. Mechanical properties are the physical properties of a material which it shows, when it is provided with certain amount of force or load. These properties are to be kept in mind for various purposes. When a force is applied to an object, the object may or may not get deformed depending upon its elastic property. But every time the object develops a restoring force against the force applied. This is commonly known as stress. If the object changes its dimensions due to the force applied it develops strain ( which is the ratio of change in dimension to the original dimension).