| AWM Table: | Bridges |
| Attribute: | Failure Mode |
| Purpose: | To identify how a bridge is expected to behave under extreme loading conditions.
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| Value | Description | Photo Example |
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| Ductile | Ductile failure occurs when a material is loaded beyond its yield strength. This causes the material to become deformed for a period of time before eventually failing. |  |
| Non-Ductile | Non-ductile failure refers to inflexible or brittle breaks in materials. Materials like cast iron fail in this way when tensile load occurs. |  |
| Unknown | The failure mode is not recorded or cannot be determined from available information. |
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