A uniform cube is subjected to volume compression. If each side is decreased by 1% Then what is bulk strain ?
If side of the cube is L then V =$ L^ 2$ $$ \Rightarrow { dv \over v } = { 3dL \over L } $$ $ \% change in voulume = 3 \times (\% change in length) = 3 \times 1\% = 3\% $ $ \therefoe Bulk modulus = { \triangle v \over v } = 0.03 $