How does the Eiffel Tower get bigger in the summer?

Answer 1

The theory is it is because the metal particles expand when they get hot and then goes back to its original size once its cooled down in the summer, but in reality it is because us humans get shorter and shorter. So we think it is getting taller when actually we are just getting shorter.

Answer 2

When the sun heats the metal it is made of it expands, therefore making it taller. Also the taller it gets the more confusing it makes the people trying to research the subject so why cant they use some other metal and make it so it doesn't grow taller.

Answer 3

Everything expands by in summer. Objects expand when exposed to heat and contract when exposed to cold. This is one of the most essential rules of physics. Have you ever crossed over a bridge and noticed some metal parts on the road (shark teeth shape) that divide the bridge in sections? In summer time the "teeth" are closer to each other, because of the heat in the air and road. Same thing happens with telephone and electric wires on poles. They are more straight in winter and more bend in summer. Now back to the Eiffel tower: the reason why expansion is so noticeable in the Eiffel tower is because the whole structure is made of the same kind of steel, and the expansion is uniform and omnidirectional.

Answer 4

it grows 2cm in the summer and shrinks 2 cm in the winter

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Answer 5

Metal expands in the heat and shrinks in the cold.