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Thread #95868   Message #1929409
Posted By: JohnInKansas
07-Jan-07 - 02:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Astronomy Question
Subject: RE: BS: Astronomy Question
The hole will be bigger at higher temperature. A uniform expansion is just a "metric coefficient" transform, and the shape doesn't change.

The real question is "how thick a piece of brass would you have to laminate onto one side of the original mile long steel bar to make it form a perfect closed circle with a 500 degree temperature increase."

John