Relation Between Volumetric Strain, Lateral Strain And Poisson’s Ratio MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Let us long rod have a length L and radius ' r ', then the volume of this rod $=\pi r^2 L$.
Now, Differentiating both the sides of (1), we get

$$
d V=\pi r^2 d L+\pi 2 r L d r
$$

Now, dividing both the sides by volume of the rod, i.e., $\pi r^2 L$, we get,

$$
\frac{d V}{V}=\frac{\pi r^2 d L}{\pi r^2 L}+\frac{\pi 2 r L d r}{\pi r^2 L}=\frac{d L}{L}+2 \frac{d r}{r} \ldots(
$$

So we can say that,
Volumetric strain $=$ Longitudinal strain +2 (Lateral strain)
Also, equation(2) can be written as,

$$
\begin{array}{r}
\Rightarrow \frac{d V}{V}=\frac{d L}{L}-2 \sigma \frac{d L}{L}=(1-2 \sigma) \frac{d L}{L} \\
\text { This is because, }\left[\sigma=\frac{-d r / r}{d L / L} \Rightarrow \frac{d r}{r}=-\sigma \frac{d L}{L}\right]
\end{array}
$$
Special case -
- When $\sigma=0.5$, then $d V=0$. It means that the substance is incompressible, so there is no change in volume.
- If a material having $\sigma=0$, it means the lateral strain is zero. So, when a substance is stretched its length increases without any decrease in diameter. For example - cork has $\sigma=0$. Also, in this case, change in volume is maximum.