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Sidewalks and bridges and other material that must hold heavy traffic require periodic breaks in order to prevent the material from cutting and breaking at will

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Why might a sidewalk be built with periodic breaks in it?

As the weather changes the concrete expanse and contracts. The joints aka cracks act as a breaking point if the concretes put under to much pressure.


Why might a sidewalk be built with periodic in it?

As the weather changes the concrete expanse and contracts. The joints aka cracks act as a breaking point if the concretes put under to much pressure.


Who built the Grand Canyon sidewalk?

Sidewalk elves of course! Some of them are buried in the concrete to this day.


If a guest walks on the sidewalk leading to a home and falls off the sidewalk into a hole adjacent to that sidewalk and breaks their ankle is the homeowner liable?

Yes. When a person sustains an injury on residential property through no fault of their own the party that owns that property is responsible.


Why might sidewalks make periodic breaks in them?

Properly designed sidewalks have an expansion strip every so often. Since the materials used to make sidewalks can expand and contract with heat and cold, these expansion strips act as "cushions" to each section of the sidewalk. If the expansion strips are incorrectly installed, or damaged, it is possible for the sidewalk sections to buckle and/or crack. If you need to have your sidewalk repaired, make sure that the contractor properly installs expansion strips, usually by filling the gap with foam backer rod topped with a urethane sealant.


Why are sidewalks are usually built with cracks in them?

Okay, so think about it. If a sidewalk was not built with cracks in it, then eventually weathering and erosion would cause cracks anyway. Then, whenever it rained, rainwater would get in the cracks. Stay with me now! If the temperature then dropped below the freezing point (32 degrees F, 0 degrees C), then the water in the cracks will freeze. When water freezes, it expands, which would exert pressure on the sidewalk, eventually causing the sidewalk to further crack or even split in two! If a sidewalk already has minimal, purposefully placed cracks in it, then the damage can be minimized.


Is sidewalk Biotic or abiotic?

sidewalk is abiotic


What does a sidewalk mean?

yes sidewalk is an American word.mean to say pavement. sidewalk:-pavement,root


Who was the man that built the periodic table of elements?

Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869


Who was the man that built the periodic chart of the elements?

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Why does a sidewalk have built in cracks every few feet?

It is because if it was one big piece, the concrete would buckle and break just like bridges.


Suppose that you fall on a sidewalk while rollerblading Do you exert a force on the sidewalk Does the sidewalk exert a force on you Which of these forces may injure you?

Both, you exert a force onto the sidewalk, and the sidewalk "pushes back" with an equal, but opposite force.