CET Karnataka Engineering CET - Karnataka Engineering Solved Paper-2003

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    A fuse wire with radius 1 mm blows at 1.5 ampere. The radius of the fuse wire of the same material to blow at 3A will be:

    A)  \[{{3}^{1/4}}mm\]                         

    B)  \[{{4}^{1/3}}mm\]

    C)  \[{{3}^{1/2}}mm\]                        

    D)  \[{{2}^{1/3}}mm\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    The temperature of the wire increase to such a value at which the heat produced per second equals heat lost per second due to radiation. \[{{i}^{2}}\left( \frac{\rho l}{\pi {{r}^{2}}} \right)=H\times 2\pi rl\]. where H is heat lost per second per unit area due to radiation Hence, \[{{i}^{2}}\propto {{r}^{3}}\] So,          \[\frac{i_{1}^{2}}{i_{2}^{2}}=\frac{r_{1}^{3}}{r_{2}^{3}}\] or            \[{{r}_{2}}={{r}_{1}}{{\left( \frac{{{i}_{2}}}{{{i}_{1}}} \right)}^{2/3}}\] [Here: \[{{r}_{1}}=1\,mm,\,\,{{i}_{1}}=1.5\,A,\,\,{{i}_{2}}=3\,A\]]                 \[{{r}_{2}}=1\times {{\left( \frac{3}{1.5} \right)}^{2/3}}={{4}^{1/3}}mm\]


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