A steel pipe having a length of 1m, and outside diameter of .2m, and a wall thickness of 10mm, is subjected to an axial compression of 200kN. Assuming the modulus of elasticity of 200 GPa and a poisson's ratio of .3, find the following.

a) the shortening of the pipe

b) the increase in the outside diameter

c) the increase in wall thickness

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