Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-physics-b-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2012/paper-2/section-a/a5/solution

Let be circumferential tension. A small arc subtending has inward resultant and mass . Its centripetal acceleration gives . Circumferential stress is and the strain is . Thus the centrifugal strain of a thin elastic hoop is
Use the unstrained radius and cross-section at this order. The approximation requires , a slender hoop and linear elastic response; the area cancels.

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