Recently, I wrote about plumbing pipe thermal expansion and expansion fittings. Based upon feedback from some in the design community, there seems to be a feeling that more design professionals within the consulting industry need to have a better foundation to enhance their understanding of the topic.
As undergraduate engineers, this topic is very briefly discussed and only from a materials standpoint. However, very few — if any — practical applications are presented or discussed that would suggest types of mitigation to address this physical phenomenon within the various systems.