Part A Steel train rails are laid in 11.4m -long segments placed end to end. The
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Part A Steel train rails are laid in 11.4m -long segments placed end to end. The rails are laid on a winter day when their temperature is -2.00 ?C. How much space must be left between adjacent rails if they are just to touch on a summer day when their temperature is 30.0?C?
d = mm
Part B If the rails are mistakenly laid in contact with each other, what is the stress in them on a summer day when their temperature is 30.0?C?
? = Pa
PS: The answer is not 4.74 mm and 11980 Pa. I asked this before but appearently it is not the right answer.
Explanation / Answer
Part A
Taking the coefficient of expansion for steel as .. ? = 1.20*10^-5
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