ME 525: Mechanics I – Statics Summer 2005

22 °C, the length L = 3.75. m, diameters d1= 13 . mm and d2= 4. mm. Due to variations in thermal insulation, the rod temperature is observed later to vary linearly along its length from . 170 °C at the end with the larger diameter to . 40 °C at the end with the smaller diameter. Determine the rod’s FREE thermal expansion L. ................
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