Determine the normal stress in the rails at a temperature

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A steel railroad track (Es=200 GPA, as=11.7x10-6/oC) was laid out at a temperature of 6/oC. Determine the normal stress in the rails when the temperature reaches 48oC assuming that the rails (a) are welded to form a continuous track (b) are 10m long with 3 mm gaps between them.

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