Does Young's Modulus Change When Nano-Tubes Are Connected End-to-End?

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When connecting multiple nano-tubes end-to-end, the Young's modulus of the composite fiber remains unchanged. The stress experienced by the nano-tubes, defined as force divided by cross-sectional area, remains constant regardless of the number of tubes. Consequently, the strain, which is the extension per unit length, also remains constant, leading to the conclusion that Young's modulus does not vary with the number of connected tubes.

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Homework Statement


A nano-tube having cross sectional area A and length L extends ΔL when a force F is applied normally to one of the cross-sectional surfaces. Show that if N tubes are connected end-to-end the then Young's modulus of the fibre does not change.

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Not sure how to answer this but:

Stress on the nano-tubes regardless of how much there are will not change. So force and cross sectional area would be a constant.

I'm assuming that the total length of let's say a wire, will extend proportional to its length. So the Strain will remain constant.

So the Young's modulus of the nano-tube will not change.
 
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