Which outcome occurred during protracted sieges using Song dynasty volley crossbows?

💡 Explanation

The lower tensile strength of cast iron caused thermal stress cracks, due to the metal's brittleness heating repeatedly, because prolonged arrow volleys increased frictional heating significantly; therefore, barrel cracking was common rather than spring fatigue, which affected composite bows, or misalignment, irrelevant to independently firing crossbows.

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