Which risk increases when a water-powered flour mill's millstone rotational speed exceeds design limits?

💡 Explanation

When millstone speed exceeds limits, centrifugal force increases dramatically because force is proportional to the square of velocity, causing tensile stress exceeding the stone's strength. Therefore millstone cracking risk increases, rather than explosion, bearing failure or gear slippage which arise from other mechanisms or conditions.

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