Which risk increases when an ancient rope bridge's tension reaches material yield strength?

💡 Explanation

Progressive material creep drastically increases in the rope fibers because the applied stress surpasses the material's acceptable elastic deformation limit leading to failure. The accelerated creep weakens the structure, therefore, catastrophic failure becomes extremely probable rather than gradual sagging.

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