Physics for Scientists and Engineers
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
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Chapter 18, Problem 45CP
A 1.00-km steel railroad rail is fastened securely at both ends when the temperature is 20.0°C. As the temperature increases, the rail buckles, taking the shape of an arc of a vertical circle. Find the height h of the center of the rail when the temperature is 25.0°C. (You will need to solve a transcendental equation.)
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