Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Elastic and plastic behaviour

Elastic and plastic behaviour — practice question

A long, thin metal wire is hung vertically from a fixed support. Masses are attached to its lower end. The load at the lower end is raised from zero and then reduced again to zero. The diagram shows the force-extension graph obtained. At what point on the graph would the elastic limit be located?

  • Aanywhere between point R and point S
  • Bjust beyond point S
  • Cexactly at point S
  • Dexactly at point T

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