The 40 ft. long steel rails on the train track are placed such that there is a small gap, 8, between them to allow for thermal expansion. A 100 Ib/yard rail has a cross-sectional area of 9.80 in?. The steel used has the following material properties: E = 29,000 ksi 6.6 HE/OF (a) What is the size of gap, 8, required so that the rails just touch one another when the temperature increases from -20°F to 100°F. (b) Given the gap you found in (a), what would the axial force in the rails be if the temperature rises to 130°F.
The 40 ft. long steel rails on the train track are placed such that there is a small gap, 8, between them to allow for thermal expansion. A 100 Ib/yard rail has a cross-sectional area of 9.80 in?. The steel used has the following material properties: E = 29,000 ksi 6.6 HE/OF (a) What is the size of gap, 8, required so that the rails just touch one another when the temperature increases from -20°F to 100°F. (b) Given the gap you found in (a), what would the axial force in the rails be if the temperature rises to 130°F.
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