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Posted by anil on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 10:53am.

How do we compensate for thermal expansion /contraction in the construction of steel bridges?

physics - drwls, Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 10:56am
Have you ever noticed gaps between sections of steel bridge roadways? They are called expansion joints. See
http://www.mageba.ch/en/dyn_output.html?content.void=649&SID=SID=1f10737c2e44cdd4af5fc9e5137b005d
for some examples.

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