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Anti-freezing / Water Pipe

Anti-freezing
Anti-freezing

"Anti-freezing" is an extend-retract water pipe that utilizing material characteristics. As we know, the pixel density of water is 1.0g/cm3 and that of ice is 0.9g/cm3. Thus, when water in the tube is freezing in winer,
the volume of water will be extended. At such circumenstances, traditional water pipes are likely to be cracked.This design aims to prevent frost crack of watertube in freezing and chilly days.

University

Huazhong University of Science&Tech

Huazhong University of Science&Tech
Wuhan.Hubei, China

Ronghzhen Hu

Design

Huazhong University of Science&Technology

Huazhong University of Science&Technology
Wuhan, Hubei, China

Yi Liu, Jing Luo, Yu-ning Jiang, Zhi-wei Mu, Si-qian He, Ning-ning Zhu, Ya-kun Zhang, Chen Chen

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