Markings to indicate length are placed on a steel tape in a room that is at a temperature of 228C. Measurements are then made with the same tape on a day when the temperature is 278C. Assume the objects you are measuring have a smaller coefficient of linear expansion than steel. Are the measurements (a) too long, (b) too short, or (c) accurate?
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Review. A house roof is a perfectly flat plane thatmakes an angle u with the horizontal. When its temperaturechanges, between Tc before dawn each day andTh in the middle of each afternoon, the roof expandsand contracts uniformly with a coefficient of thermalexpansion a1. Resting on the roof is a flat, rectangularmetal plate with expansion coefficient a2, greater thana1. The length of the plate is L, measured along theslope of the roof. The component of the plates weightperpendicular to the roof is supported by a normalforce uniformly distributed over the area of the plate.The coefficient of kinetic friction between the plateand the roof is mk. The plate is always at the same temperatureas the roof, so we assume its temperature iscontinuously changing. Because of the difference inexpansion coefficients, each bit of the plate is movingrelative to the roof below it, except for points along acertain horizontal line running across the plate calledthe stationary line. If the temperature is rising, parts relative to the roof and feel a force of kinetic frictionacting up the roof. Elements of area above the stationaryline are sliding up the roof, and on them kineticfriction acts downward parallel to the roof. The stationaryline occupies no area, so we assume no force ofstatic friction acts on the plate while the temperatureis changing. The plate as a whole is very nearly in equilibrium,so the net friction force on it must be equal tothe component of its weight acting down the incline.(a) Prove that the stationary line is at a distance ofL2a1 2tan umkbbelow the top edge of the plate. (b) Analyze the forcesthat act on the plate when the temperature is fallingand prove that the stationary line is at that same distanceabove the bottom edge of the plate. (c) Show thatthe plate steps down the roof like an inchworm, movingeach day by the distanceLmk1a2 2 a1 2 1Th 2 Tc 2 tan u(d) Evaluate the distance an aluminum plate moveseach day if its length is 1.20 m, the temperaturecycles between 4.008C and 36.08C, and if the roof hasslope 18.5, coefficient of linear expansion 1.50 31025 (8C)21, and coefficient of friction 0.420 with theplate. (e) What If? What if the expansion coefficientof the plate is less than that of the roof? Will the platecreep up the roof?
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The first step in solving 19 problem number 102 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Review. A house roof is a perfectly flat plane thatmakes an angle u with the horizontal. When its temperaturechanges, between Tc before dawn each day andTh in the middle of each afternoon, the roof expandsand contracts uniformly with a coefficient of thermalexpansion a1. Resting on the roof is a flat, rectangularmetal plate with expansion coefficient a2, greater thana1. The length of the plate is L, measured along theslope of the roof. The component of the plates weightperpendicular to the roof is supported by a normalforce uniformly distributed over the area of the plate.The coefficient of kinetic friction between the plateand the roof is mk. The plate is always at the same temperatureas the roof, so we assume its temperature iscontinuously changing. Because of the difference inexpansion coefficients, each bit of the plate is movingrelative to the roof below it, except for points along acertain horizontal line running across the plate calledthe stationary line. If the temperature is rising, parts relative to the roof and feel a force of kinetic frictionacting up the roof. Elements of area above the stationaryline are sliding up the roof, and on them kineticfriction acts downward parallel to the roof. The stationaryline occupies no area, so we assume no force ofstatic friction acts on the plate while the temperatureis changing. The plate as a whole is very nearly in equilibrium,so the net friction force on it must be equal tothe component of its weight acting down the incline.(a) Prove that the stationary line is at a distance ofL2a1 2tan umkbbelow the top edge of the plate. (b) Analyze the forcesthat act on the plate when the temperature is fallingand prove that the stationary line is at that same distanceabove the bottom edge of the plate. (c) Show thatthe plate steps down the roof like an inchworm, movingeach day by the distanceLmk1a2 2 a1 2 1Th 2 Tc 2 tan u(d) Evaluate the distance an aluminum plate moveseach day if its length is 1.20 m, the temperaturecycles between 4.008C and 36.08C, and if the roof hasslope 18.5, coefficient of linear expansion 1.50 31025 (8C)21, and coefficient of friction 0.420 with theplate. (e) What If? What if the expansion coefficientof the plate is less than that of the roof? Will the platecreep up the roof?
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