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← HistoryWhich outcome occurred in early cannons when the gunpowder's burn rate exceeded design parameters?
A)Accelerated barrel stress crack propagation✓
B)Increased projectile spin stabilization
C)Optimized ballistic trajectory efficiency
D)Reduced propellant deflagration completeness
💡 Explanation
Excessive burn rate caused more rapid and intense pressure buildup beyond yield strength limitations; this induced dynamic stress concentration and catastrophic fracturing via brittle fracture of the cast iron, because of exceeding its tensile rating, therefore, A is true, rather than other outcomes.
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