These railroad tracks all buckled due to thermal expansion during an extremely hot day!
Structures are inherently weak at these expansion joints
This Oakland / SF bay bridge section failed during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
The Unusual Behavior of Water As the temperature of water decreases below 4oC, the volume of water increases so the density of water decreases.
Heat conduction Men replacing damaged heat-shielding glass ceramic tiles on space shuttle Columbia, after its thirteenth mission.
Convection Because of convection, hot air rises and creates updrafts or thermals:
Examples of Convection Currents
Radiation Radiation is a heat transfer mechanism that utilizes electromagnetic waves to carry energy away from the emitting object. Radiated power is given by the Stefan-Boltzmann law: