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← HistoryAfter prolonged rainfall, which risk specifically increases within Inca dry stone masonry walls?
A)Hydraulic undermining under the foundation✓
B)Cavitation erosion within mortar joints
C)Electrolytic corrosion of rebar supports
D)Metastable crack propagation along faults
💡 Explanation
Inca walls lacked mortar which made them weak against water; prolonged rainfall causes hydraulic undermining because increased pore pressure reduces shear strength, therefore the foundation is destabilized, rather than cavitation (no fluid flow) or electrochemical reactions.
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