Fundamentals of Physics Extended
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Author: David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker
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Chapter 16, Problem 75P
(a) What is the fastest transverse wave that can be sent along a steel wire? For safety reasons, the maximum tensile stress to which steel wires should be subjected is 7.00 × 108 N/m2. The density of steel is 7800 kg/m3. (b) Does your answer depend on the diameter of the wire?
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(a) What is the fastest transverse wave that can be sent along a steel wire? For safety reasons, the maximum tensile stress to which steel wires should be subjected is 7.00 * 108 N/m2.The density of steel is 7800 kg/m3. (b) Does your answer depend on the diameter of the wire?
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