Which risk increases when a steel girder bridge experiences cyclic loading during heavy rail traffic?

💡 Explanation

An increased fatigue crack propagation rate results from cyclic stress; Paris' Law governs this mechanism. Therefore, crack size grows faster in bridges because the repeating train load weakens the beam, rather than increasing vibration from resonance.

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