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ILLUSTRATIVE PROBLEM 1

A steel rod 2.5 m long is secured between two walls. The cross-sectional area of the rod is 1200 mm^2, and the coefficient of thermal
expansion is 11.7 um/(m*C), and E = 200 GPa. The load on the rod is zero at 20 C. Compute the stress when temperature drops to
-20 , Assuming that the walls are rigid.

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