Which effect led early Chinese crossbow triggers to fail under high tension?

💡 Explanation

Material creep caused dimensions of the bronze trigger mechanism to irreversibly change under sustained force, because constant tension exceeded its yield strength leading to deformation; therefore trigger failure occurred, rather than sudden fracture found in brittle materials.

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