Question 2 A steel railroad rails 10 m long are laid with clearance of 3 mm at a temperature of 150C. At what temperature will the rails just touch? If there were no initial clearance Assume: alpha = 11.7 micro m/m deg.C and E = 200 GPa. A 40.64 deg B) 46.90 deg 50.36 deg D) 56.06 deg

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A steel railroad rails 10 m long are laid with clearance of 3 mm at a temperature of 150C. At what temperature will the rails just
touch? If there were no initial clearance Assume: alpha = 11.7 micro m/m deg.C and E = 200 GPa.
(A) 40.64 deg
(B) 46.90 deg
C) 50.36 deg
(D) 56.06 deg
Transcribed Image Text:Question 2 A steel railroad rails 10 m long are laid with clearance of 3 mm at a temperature of 150C. At what temperature will the rails just touch? If there were no initial clearance Assume: alpha = 11.7 micro m/m deg.C and E = 200 GPa. (A) 40.64 deg (B) 46.90 deg C) 50.36 deg (D) 56.06 deg
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