Q. A 10 m long mild steel rail section is fixed at 300 K temperature. If temperature increases by 60 K, find stress in rail section if ends are not yielded. Coefficient of thermal expansion is 12×10-6/K. (Solved)
1. 72 N/mm2
2. 144 N/mm2
3. 120 N/mm2
4. 240 N/mm2
- b. 144 N/mm2