Thermal Expansion API
Thermal-expansion maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The linear endpoint computes how much a solid grows or shrinks when its temperature changes, ΔL = α·L0·ΔT, returning the change in length and the new length from an original length, a temperature change (given directly or as an initial and final temperature) and the linear expansion coefficient α — taken from a built-in material table (steel, aluminium, copper, concrete, glass, invar and more) or supplied directly; lengths accept metres, centimetres, millimetres, feet or inches. The volume endpoint computes volumetric expansion, ΔV = β·V0·ΔT, where for a solid the volumetric coefficient is β ≈ 3α and for a liquid (water, ethanol, mercury, petrol and others) β is taken directly; volumes accept cubic metres, litres, millilitres or cubic feet. The materials endpoint lists the coefficients. A negative temperature change gives contraction. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for civil and mechanical engineering tools, rail, pipe and bridge expansion-gap design, manufacturing-tolerance and HVAC apps, and physics education. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is thermal expansion; for heat energy and temperature change use a specific-heat API.
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