Which stability risk increases when ziggurat corners experience acute weathering?

💡 Explanation

Torsion increases, because corner erosion alters the center of mass location, enhancing the overturning moment via eccentric loading. Therefore, it elevates risk of a rotational structural failure, rather than compressive (settlement) or vibrational (resonance) problems.

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