Eiffel Tower expansion durability?

"On hot summer days, the tower is up to 30 centimeters higher than on cold winter days"

How much longer can the Eiffel Tower actually endure this? Constantly being stretched out and then shrinking again every year can't be good in the long run.

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Viktor1
1 year ago

How long does the Eifelturm take this?

forever – “drawn” he won’t.

hologence
1 year ago

that is not a sustainable burden such as bending it is. Railway rails also make this easy.

Kelec
1 year ago

This applies to every metal for many buildings.

The tower is not pulled into the length but is simply longer. If this process is mainly homogeneous, no excessive stresses in the metal quickly result in fatigue breaks. So the load is different from how it would really be pulled by an external force.

M111evo
1 year ago

Don’t worry.

He’s been doing this for 134 years now, and he’ll have a few more centuries.

M111evo
1 year ago
Reply to  Hikoba231

No, he wouldn’t.

M111evo
1 year ago

Not applicable Rustsbut Peanuts.

And this has also been counteracted since construction by regular renewal of color.

And that’s me too.

willi55
1 year ago

This is only problematic for the paint, because it can get cracks and then rusts the thing.

BurkeUndCo
1 year ago

This is not a big problem, because this overall extension is distributed over the entire height of the Eifel tower.

And for every meter, it’s just a few milimeters, or even less.

mjutu
1 year ago

That’s not a problem. The heel of man is severely loaded every step and usually lasts a lifetime. The individual parts of the Eiffel Tower change their lengths daily (not only annually). However, they are also regularly maintained and exchanged as needed.