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A mild steel bar, circular in cross-section, tapers from 40 mm diameter to 20 mm diameter over its length of 800 mm. It is subjected to an axial pull of 20 kN. E=2×105 N/mm2. The increase in the length of the rod will be

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110π mm
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25π mm
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45π mm
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15π mm
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Solution

The correct option is B 25π mm
Δ=4PLπd1d2E
=4×20×103×800π×20×40×2×105=25π

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