Q: A lift is tied with thick iron wires and its mass is 1000 kg. the minimum diameter of wire if the maximum acceleration of lift is 1.2 ms-2 and the maximum safe stress is 1.4 × 108 N m-2 is : (g = 9.8 ms-2 )
(a) 0.00141 m
(b) 0.00282 m
(c) 0.005 m
(d) 0.01 m
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Ans: (d)
Sol: T = m (g + a)
T = 1000(9.8 + 1.2) = 11000 N
$ Stress = \frac{T}{A} = \frac{T}{\pi r^2}$
$1.4 \times 10^8 = \frac{11000}{\pi r^2} $
$1.4 \times 10^8 = \frac{11000}{\pi (D/2)^2} $
$D^2 = \frac{4 \times 11000}{\pi \times 1.4 \times 10^8}$
$D = \sqrt{\frac{4 \times 11000}{(22/7) \times 1.4 \times 10^8}}$
D = 0.01 m