Which risk increases adjacent to aircraft surface scratches because?

💡 Explanation

Crack propagation risk increases due to *stress concentration*. Existing scratches create points where stress intensifies during flight. This overcomes fracture toughness because the crack-tip stress exceeds the material threshold for breaking atomic bonds, therefore crack extends rather than blunting.

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