A steel rail for railroad track is 10 m long. Determine the stress in the rail if it was completely restrained from expanding. Let E = 210 GPa and =12 x 10-61/ C. The temperature changes from 20 C to 35 C. A)37.8 MPa B)18.9 MPa C)23.8 MPa D)46.4 MPa
A steel rail for railroad track is 10 m long. Determine the stress in the rail if it was completely restrained from expanding. Let E = 210 GPa and =12 x 10-61/ C. The temperature changes from 20 C to 35 C. A)37.8 MPa B)18.9 MPa C)23.8 MPa D)46.4 MPa
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A steel rail for railroad track is 10 m long. Determine the stress in the rail if it was completely restrained from expanding. Let E = 210 GPa and =12 x 10-61/ C. The temperature changes from 20 C to 35 C.
A)37.8 MPa
B)18.9 MPa
C)23.8 MPa
D)46.4 MPa
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