Which stability risk arises when vibrational mode functions overlap heavily?

💡 Explanation

Resonance cascades appear because overlapping mode functions allow energy to couple from one vibration to another, promoting uncontrolled oscillations; therefore, structural fractures result rather than phase changes because of sustained high energy modes.

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