Linear coefficient of thermal expansion¶
The coefficient of thermal expansion describes how the size of an object changes with a change in temperature at constant pressure.
Conditions:
Pressure must be constant during the expansion process.
Links:
- linear_expansion_coefficient¶
Linear
thermal_expansion_coefficient
of the object.- Symbol:
alpha_l
- Latex:
\(\alpha_{l}\)
- Dimension:
1/temperature
- temperature¶
temperature
of the object.- Symbol:
T
- Latex:
\(T\)
- Dimension:
temperature
- length¶
length
of the object as a function of temperature and, indirectly, pressure \(p\).- Symbol:
l(T, p)
- Latex:
\(l{\left(T,p \right)}\)
- Dimension:
length
- definition¶
alpha_l = Derivative(l(T, p), T) / l(T, p)
- Latex:
- \[\alpha_{l} = \frac{\frac{\partial}{\partial T} l{\left(T,p \right)}}{l{\left(T,p \right)}}\]