Steel railroad reels 10 m long are laid with a clearance of 3 mm at a temperature of 15°C. (a) At what temperature will the rails just touch? (b) What stress would be induced in the rails at that temperature if there were no initial clearance? Assume a = 11.7 um/(m. C) and E = 200 GPa.
Steel railroad reels 10 m long are laid with a clearance of 3 mm at a temperature of 15°C. (a) At what temperature will the rails just touch? (b) What stress would be induced in the rails at that temperature if there were no initial clearance? Assume a = 11.7 um/(m. C) and E = 200 GPa.
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Steel railroad reels 10 m long are laid with a clearance of 3 mm at a temperature of 15°C.
(a) At what temperature will the rails just touch?
(b) What stress would be induced in the rails at that temperature if there were no initial
clearance? Assume a = 11.7 um/(m. C) and E = 200 GPa.
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