How can freezing water burst pipes and containers?

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TitreHow can freezing water burst pipes and containers?
Type de publicationJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuteursVigoureux D., Vigoureux J-M
JournalEUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume39
Pagination045808
Date PublishedJUL
Type of ArticleArticle
ISSN0143-0807
Mots-clésbursting, Freezing, ice, isochore phase change, phase change, water, water pipe burst
Résumé

When a water pipe or a tank completely filled with water is cooled, ice formation generates a pressure which can cause it to burst. This phenomenon is due to the fact that water increases in volume when freezing-but how to explain the expansion force of freezing water? Our aim in this paper is to show that in the case of a total phase change, even the best steels could not prevent bursting. It is also to show how ice formation occurs in isochoric cooling (constant volume) when a container that is full of water is strong enough to prevent water expansion. At the end of the paper, we give some examples taken from everyday life.

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/aac35c