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by ChuckNorris89 1279 days ago
Bridges are outdoor subject to weather the forces of wind and the weight and harmonics of vehicles and people crossing them constantly.

A fish tank a relatively constant by comparison.

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The fish were having a race.
Gravity.
Edited due to incorrect assumption.
I'm no engineer but this would be static fatigue[1], no?

"[S]tatic fatigue occurs during prolonged and constant application of stress" (my emphasis) - much like the glass/acrylic at the bottom of a 14m high, 1M litre water column, say.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_fatigue

Interesting I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.