Unit 10 : Mechanical properties of matter

The unit mechanical properties of matter has got 40 periods.
  1. Elasticity of solids (10 periods)
    • Tension and extension
    • Load - extension graph
    • Tensile stress
    • Tensile strain
    • Young's modulus
    • Stress - strain graph
    • Hooke's law
    • Determination of Young's modulus of a metal using a wire
    • Energy stored in a stretched string
  2. Viscosity (15 periods)
    • Viscous force
      • Coefficient of viscosity \[ F = A \eta \, (v_1 - v_2) / d  \]
    • Poiseuille's equation for a fluid flow
      • Conditions of validity
      • Correctness of the equation through dimensional analysis
      • Determination of coefficient of viscosity by using Poiseuille's formula
    • Motion of an object through viscous media
      • Force acting on a spherical object
      • Terminal velocity
      • Stroke's law
        • Correctness of formula through dimensional analysis
      • Derivation of expressions for terminal velocity
        • Object moving upwards
        • Object moving downwards
  3. Surface tension (15 periods)
    • Definition of surface tension
    • Angle of contact
    • Relationship between nature of the liquid meniscus and the angle of contact
    • Free surface energy
    • Expression for the work done in increasing the surface area of a liquid film isothermally
    • Relationship between surface energy and surface tension
    • Expression for pressure difference across a spherical meniscus
    • Capillary rise
      • Expression for capillary rise
    • Determination of surface tension
      • Using a microscope slide
      • Capillary rise method
      • Jaegar's method
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