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Old 21-12-2017, 02:52 PM
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Not if the individual sections have the same coefficient of expansion. Bimetallic strips work with two metals with different coefficients of expansion.

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Originally Posted by sil View Post
Wouldn't you run into issues with expansion/contraction being uneven across each pillar in the bundle? Like a bimetallic strip would a single pier try to bend when made up of many smaller poles?
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