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Bridges are fixed solidly to the ground at each end and sometimes at intermediate points. The road bed will expand and contract with temperature changes and if there is no provision for this to happen, the road bed can distort or break as the length changes. The same is the case for many elevated structures that have rigid fixings. A common technique to avoid damage is to make a break in the bridge deck. The break has a small gap or flexible insert between the two parts of the bridge deck and as the deck expands and contracts, so the gap changes size. This method means that a minimal force is exerted on the bridge supports and therefore structural damage is avoided. The longer the bridge, the more expansion can take place and several expansion gaps can be used. Typically, the gaps will allow for movement of less than one inch up to as much as twleve inches. Although the principle of expansion joints is very simple, the parts used are precision engineered to allow movement while retaining strength in the deck.
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Use thermal expansion in a sentence?
When the metal bridge heated up in the summer sun, it expanded due to thermal expansion, causing the joints to shift slightly.
What are two examples of thermal expansion in solid?
Two examples of thermal expansion in solids are the expansion of a metal rod when heated, causing it to increase in length, and the expansion of a bridge beam on a hot day, resulting in the beam bending slightly due to the increase in temperature.
Why is it important to take thermal expansion into account when buliding bridges?
because in the summer, its hot and the bridge will expand and if you dont have enough room to expand the bridge will crack under pressure and in the winter the bridge may shrink a bit and might also crack. hope it helps :)
What is the increase of the volume of a substance by the increase of temperature called?
The increase in volume of a substance due to an increase in temperature is called thermal expansion. This occurs because as the temperature of a substance rises, the particles within it gain energy and move more, causing them to spread out and increase in volume.
The change in an objects volume that occurs when heat is added is called?
thermal expansion
How does thermal expansion affect a bridge?
A bridge must have expansion gaps or else they will waver when they expand in warm temperatures. This is thermal expansion
How would changes in temperature would affect a bridge?
Thermal expansion means that the length of the bridge changes.
Use thermal expansion in a sentence?
When the metal bridge heated up in the summer sun, it expanded due to thermal expansion, causing the joints to shift slightly.
What are two examples of thermal expansion in solid?
Two examples of thermal expansion in solids are the expansion of a metal rod when heated, causing it to increase in length, and the expansion of a bridge beam on a hot day, resulting in the beam bending slightly due to the increase in temperature.
Why is it important to take thermal expansion into account when buliding bridges?
because in the summer, its hot and the bridge will expand and if you dont have enough room to expand the bridge will crack under pressure and in the winter the bridge may shrink a bit and might also crack. hope it helps :)
Why are some bridges supported by rolles at one side?
Thermal expansion and contraction can put huge stresses into a large structure such as a bridge. To minimise this effect, the rollers are designed to allow the end of the bridge to move with the expansion and contraction.
What is an expansion bridge?
bridge expansion is when one side of the bridge needs to be propped up
What is the increase of the volume of a substance by the increase of temperature called?
The increase in volume of a substance due to an increase in temperature is called thermal expansion. This occurs because as the temperature of a substance rises, the particles within it gain energy and move more, causing them to spread out and increase in volume.
The change in an objects volume that occurs when heat is added is called?
thermal expansion
Liquids expansion by heat?
Yes as friend Des Dichado pointed out liquids do have thermal expansion.
What is thermal expansion and how bridge roads and sidewalks compensate or deal with thermal expansion?
Thermal expansion (TE) is a process in which materials expand due to changes in temperature. How different structures deal with or compensate thermal expansion (just some examples): Bridges and other structures have expansion joints (there are gaps in the road, which you hear/feel when crossing them in a car for example - usually in both ends of the bridge and sometimes in between as well, depending on the lenght of the bridge). Sidewalks - depends on the material of the sidewalk (sometimes there may be some spaces between different sections, but the temperature fluctuations are not so huge that it is reasonable to use any predicament against TE. Railroads - do you know the banging sound really associated with trains and railroad? This is a basic example of thermal expansion compensation. The tracks are assembled so that the ends of two track sections are not touching each other. The gap in between allows the track to expand in heat (therefore the sound of train wheels rattling is louder in the winter when the gaps are bigger and less in the summer)
The expansion of matter when it is heated is known as?
thermal expansion
