A closely coiled helical spring is made of 6 mm diameter steel wire, the mean diameter of the coil is 60 mm and there are 8 coils. Taking the modulus of rigidity as 100 kN/mm2, find the stress, in kPa, in the wire when carrying an axial load of 529N.

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A closely coiled helical spring is made of 6 mm diameter steel wire, the mean diameter of the coil is 60 mm and there are 8 coils. Taking the modulus of rigidity as 100 kN/mm2, find the stress, in kPa, in the wire when carrying an axial load of 529N.

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