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← HistoryWhich limitation required complex layouts ensuring constant slope in Roman aqueducts?
A)Avoiding tensile stress in concrete
B)Mitigating seasonal sediment accumulation
C)Preventing hydrostatic pressure cracking✓
D)Reducing mineral scale crystallization
💡 Explanation
Excessive hydrostatic pressure risks structural failure; thus, layouts maintained gradual elevation change minimizing pressure using gravity flow, rather than pumping. They avoided catastrophic cracking, therefore Roman aqueducts did not require withstanding significant tensile or shear stresses.
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