Seatwork: Show your complete solution. Use 4 decimal places.  Thermal Stress:  In the LRT II project, steel railroad rails of 20 meters long are to be installed. If lowest temperature considered is 22 ℃ and a maximum temperature of 36 ℃ is designed for, and the modulus of elasticity of steel to be 207000 MPa, determine the clearance between rails such that adjoining rail will just touch at maximum design temperature.

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In the LRT II project, steel railroad rails of 20 meters long are to be installed. If lowest temperature considered is 22 ℃ and a maximum temperature of 36 ℃ is designed for, and the modulus of elasticity of steel to be 207000 MPa, determine the clearance between rails such that adjoining rail will just touch at maximum design temperature.  

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