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Q22JEE Main 2014 · 12 APR · SHIFT 1Difficult

Spring & Elastic Energy

A spring of unstretched length ll has a mass m with one end fixed to a rigid support. Assuming spring to be made of a uniform wire, the kinetic energy possessed by it if its free end is pulled with uniform velocity vv is:

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Answer: (d)

  1. An element at distance yy from the fixed end moves with speed vyl\frac{vy}{l}; its mass is mldy\frac{m}{l}dy.
  2. K=∫0l12ml(vyl)2dy=mv22l3⋅l33K = \int_0^l \frac{1}{2}\frac{m}{l}\left(\frac{vy}{l}\right)^2 dy = \frac{mv^2}{2l^3}\cdot\frac{l^3}{3}
  3. So the answer is (d) 16mv2\frac{1}{6}mv^2.
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