Potential Energy Stored in a Stretched Wire
Potential Energy Stored in a Stretched Wire
↪ Suppose a wire of length L and area of cross-section A is stretched through an extension l.
↪ Then the longitudinal strain in the wire and the tensile stress
↪ If the wire is stretched through a small extension dl, the elementary work done is
↪ The total work done in stretching the wire through the total extension of length l is obtained by integrating (1) as follows.
↪ This work done is stored as the potential energy in the stretched wire and we denote this by U. That is,
↪ The energy density or potential energy per unit volume is
energy density = work done or energy/volume