A composite bar made of two aluminium bars is firmly held between two yielding supports as shown above. An axial load of 200KN is applied at C at 50°C. If there's a gap of 60mm between the points B and C of the bar, find the
(i) stress in the bar.
(ii) stress in bar AB.
(iii) stress in bar CD.
when the temperature is 103°C.
Take $E_a = 70GPa$ $\alpha_a = 24 \times 10^{-6}/°C$.