An aluminium and a steel rod having same lengths and cross-sections are joined to make total length of 120 cm at 30 . The coefficients of linear expansion of aluminium and steel are 24 10-6/ and 1.2 10-5/ , respectively. The length of this composite rod when its temperature is raised to 100 , is cm.
- 120.20
- 120.06
- 120.15
- 120.03
Answer
(3) 120.15
Solution
Each rod: L0 = 60 cm; T = 100 - 30 = 70
L = L0( Al + steel) T
= 60 (24 10-6 + 12 10-6) 70
= 60 36 10-6 70 = 0.1512 cm
L = 120 + 0.1512 120.15 cm
Answer: (3)