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A free bar of length l is uniformly heated from 0 to a temperature tC, α is the coefficient of linear expansion and E is the modulus of elasticity. The stress in the bar is



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αtE
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αtE/2
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Zero
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None of these
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Solution

The correct option is C Zero
If a bar is free, it will expand freely on heating and no thermal stress will generate. Thermal stress gets generated only when bar is constrained.

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