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← TechnologyWhich outcome occurs when a steel column supporting a bridge experiences excessive compressive stress?
A)Elastic buckling of the segments✓
B)Increased tensile strength prevails
C)Improved corrosion resistance forms
D)Enhanced thermal conductivity occurs
💡 Explanation
Elastic buckling occurs because exceeding the critical load on a column causes instability via Euler's buckling, therefore rapid deformation occurs, rather than tensile strength gaining importance or corrosion or conductivity changing, under solely exceeding load and geometrical proportions in the column.
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