Why does a collapsed bridge truss structure buckle more readily under load than designed?

💡 Explanation

The truss buckles because the section modulus, a geometric property of the beam's cross-section, is reduced via structural damage, therefore decreasing resistance to bending moments and promoting instability, rather than being related to material-level lattice changes.

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