Tensile force, F
Area, a
Tensile Yield strength, =T
Young modulus, =Y
Length, 2L
strain=stressyoungmodulus=TY=FaY
Hence, strain is FaY
A mild-steel wire of length 2L and cross-sectional area A is stretched, well within the elastic limit, horizontally between two pillars. A mass m is suspended from the midpoint of the wire. Strain in the wire is