Answer: A solid gold bar is pulled up from the hold of the

Solution 32E

Step 1 of 3:

(a) What happens to its volume as it goes from the pressure at the ship to the lower pressure at the ocean’s surface?

Bulk stress is pressure change , and bulk strain is fractional volume change(), The elastic modulus is called the bulk modulus, B.

That is,                                                        

Solving for change in volume,

                                                        ……….1

As change in pressure is positive, if pressure increases.Hence from above equation,as the pressure decreases; the volume slightly increases.

Similarly , the volume of the gold bar slightly increases as it goes from the pressure at the ship to the lower pressure at the ocean’s surface.