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← HistoryWhich outcome resulted in rope bridges of the Inca civilization when using vegetable fiber rather than woven cable?
A)Increased susceptibility to tensile snapping✓
B)Lower damping of wind oscillations
C)Decreased thermal expansion coefficient
D)Reduced sensitivity to ultraviolet exposure
💡 Explanation
Tensile strength was reduced via creep rupture, because continuous load yielded fiber alignment and microscopic fractures. Therefore, the span increasingly sagged until strands snapped rather than a woven structure, which provides greater distributed resistance.
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