Question: Show steps please A steel railroad ( E = 2 0 0 GPa, s = 1 1 . 7 1 0 - 6 C )

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A steel railroad (E=200GPa,s=11.710-6C) in Lytton, BC was initially
constructed in May 1950 at a temperature of 6C. Each individual rail in the railroad
is 10 m long. Due to severe anthropogenic climate change, Lytton has started to see
temperatures exceeding 40C every summer. In fact, Lytton saw the highest
temperature ever recorded in Canada on June 29,2021 when a temperature of 49C
was reached.
Determine the normal stress in the rail when the temperature reaches 49C, if the
individual rails were welded together to form one big continuous track in May 1950.
[Bonus 5 marks] As a climate-conscious engineer in the 1950s, you recommend that
the rails are separated with 3-mm gaps between them instead of being welded. What
is the normal stress in the rail when the temperature reaches 49C in this situation?
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