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Old 07-01-2013, 07:04 PM   #10
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An example is certain pavement and sidewalks have lines every few feet and that is for the expansion once it gets hot. When they don't have those lines, the pavement tends to crack faster since the expansion wasn't taken in consideration.

The study of this is called thermal expansion. It is a root or a phenomenon that is part of thermodynamics. In case anyone is interested on researching more about that.
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