Which risk dramatically increased when medieval suspension bridges exceeded span length limits?

💡 Explanation

Rope degradation accelerates due to CREEP, because sustained load exceeding a threshold causes polymer chains to disentangle, leading to failure; therefore tensile strength falls, rather than shear failure since that requires different loading, and corrosion affects deck material, not ropes.

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