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+### Statement
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+$3.6.8.$ [Insert the problem statement]
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+### Solution
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+### Statement
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+$3.6.8.$ The column of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg has a height of $30$ m. By how much is it compressed under its own weight? The density of granite is $2.7 \cdot 10^3$ kg/m$^3$, and its Young's modulus is $10^{11}$ Pa.
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+### Solution
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+The main feature of this problem is that the compression force of the column is non-uniform: the upper part is not loaded with anything, while the very base bears the entire huge weight of the column. Let us consider two methods for finding the total deformation.
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+<b>Method 1. Using average force </b>
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+Since the column is uniform and has a constant cross-section, the pressure force (weight) increases linearly as we move from the top to the base. At the very top, the force is zero ($F_{\text{top}} = 0$), and at the base, it is maximal and equal to the total weight of the column ($F_{\text{bottom}} = Mg = \rho S h g$).
+Due to this strictly linear dependence, we can use the average force acting along the entire length of the column:
+$$F_{\text{avg}} = \frac{F_{\text{top}} + F_{\text{bottom}}}{2} = \frac{0 + \rho S h g}{2} = \frac{\rho S h g}{2}$$
+Let us write Hooke's law for the entire column as a whole, substituting the average force into it:
+$$\Delta h = \frac{F_{\text{avg}} h}{E S} = \frac{\frac{\rho S h g}{2} \cdot h}{E S} = \frac{\rho g h^2}{2E}$$
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+<b>Method 2. Using integration </b>
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+Let us divide the column into infinitely small horizontal layers of thickness $dy$. Let the coordinate $y$ be measured from the top of the column downwards (from $0$ to $h$).
+An isolated micro-layer located at depth $y$ is pressed by the weight of the granite located strictly above it. The mass of this part is $m(y) = \rho S y$, and the pressure force is:
+$$F(y) = m(y)g = \rho S g y$$
+According to Hooke's law, the absolute compression $d(\Delta y)$ of this infinitely small layer is equal to:
+$$d(\Delta y) = \frac{F(y) dy}{E S} = \frac{\rho S g y dy}{E S} = \frac{\rho g y}{E} dy$$
+To find the total compression of the entire column, let us integrate (sum) the deformations of all such layers from the top ($y = 0$) to the base ($y = h$):
+$$\Delta h = \int_{0}^{h} \frac{\rho g y}{E} dy = \frac{\rho g}{E} \int_{0}^{h} y dy = \frac{\rho g}{E} \left[ \frac{y^2}{2} \right]_{0}^{h} = \frac{\rho g h^2}{2E}$$
+As we can see, both methods naturally lead to exactly the same result.
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+<b>Calculation:</b>
+Let us substitute the given values, assuming the acceleration of gravity is $g \approx 9.8$ m/s$^2$:
+$$\Delta h = \frac{2700 \cdot 9.8 \cdot 30^2}{2 \cdot 10^{11}} = \frac{2700 \cdot 9.8 \cdot 900}{2 \cdot 10^{11}} \approx 1.19 \cdot 10^{-4} \text{ m}$$
+*(When using the classical value for this problem book, $g = 10$ m/s$^2$, the calculated value will be $\approx 1.215 \cdot 10^{-4}$ m, which, when rounded to two significant figures, gives the final answer).*
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+#### Answer
+$\Delta h = \frac{\rho g h^2}{2E} = 1.2 \cdot 10^{-4}$ m
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+#### Answer
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