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A heated can has under gone superficial (areal) expansion and when cooled suddenly by immersing in water "shrinks" in a very "haphazard" way leading to collapse. Now the forces at action are thermal- the so called thermal stresses.

Now there is another example of how a can could collapse. Water is poured into a can and and heated so that copious steam formed could escape through an opening and then after sometime this opening is closed tightly and the can is "bathed" in cold water. The can collapses.

The forces unleashed are different in this case!

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