The edge of an aluminium cube is 10cm long. One face of the cube is firmly fixed to a vertical wal. A mass of 100kg is is then attached

Question

The edge of an aluminium cube is 10cm long. One face of the cube is firmly fixed to a vertical wal. A mass of 100kg is then attached to the opposite face of the cube. The shear modulus of aluminium is 25GPa. What is the vertical deflection of this face?

Answer 1

3.92 × 10^-7m

≃ 4 × 10^-7m.