A steel rod having a cross-sectional area of 300 mm² and a length of 150 m is suspended vertically from one end. It supports a tensile load of 20 kN at the lower end. If the unit mass of steel is 7850 kg/m³ and E = 200 × 10³ MN/m², find the total elongation of the rod.

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A steel rod having a cross-sectional area of 300 mm² and a length of 150 m is suspended vertically from one end. It supports a
tensile load of 20 kN at the lower end. If the unit mass of steel is 7850 kg/m³ and E = 200 × 10³ MN/m², find the total elongation of
the rod.
Transcribed Image Text:A steel rod having a cross-sectional area of 300 mm² and a length of 150 m is suspended vertically from one end. It supports a tensile load of 20 kN at the lower end. If the unit mass of steel is 7850 kg/m³ and E = 200 × 10³ MN/m², find the total elongation of the rod.
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