Which risk increased when medieval pontoon-bridge designs expanded?

💡 Explanation

Pontoon bridges used flexible ropes; therefore vertical resonance, induced at particular frequencies by marching soldiers, increased because of the increased span creating harmonic motion, rather than other structural failures that affect fixed bridges.

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