In a material under a state of plane strain, a 10×10 mm square centered at a point gets deformed as shown in the figure. If the shear strain $$\gamma_{xy}$$ at this point is expressed as 0.001k (in rad), the value of k is

A tapered circular rod of diameter varying from 20 mm to 10 mm is connected to another uniform circular rod of diameter 10 mm as shown in the following figure. Both bars are made of same material with the modulus of elasticity, E = 2 $$ \times $$ 10⁵ MPa. When subjected to a load P = 30$$\pi $$ kN, the deflection at point A is _______________ mm.

The Poisson's ratio is defined as

The number of independent elastic constants for a linear elastic isotropic and homogeneous material is