The scariest ****ing thing you've ever seen.

Chula Vista · 02-10-2018, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by [MERIT]

This doesn't surprise me.

It shouldn't. I've spent an entire career as a mechanical designer/engineer. Tensile stress, thermal expansion, buckling, shear strength, structural integrity, plasticity, melting points, etc. have been my stock and trade for over three decades.

Being familiar with the design of the twin towers I didn't have to wait for the official explanation to know why they fell like they did. The most amazing thing was that they stood as long as they did being that they were basically a vertical domino design. Once one floor fell, they all fall.

Neapolitan · 02-10-2018, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

It shouldn't. I've spent an entire career as a mechanical designer/engineer. Tensile stress, thermal expansion, buckling, shear strength, structural integrity, plasticity, melting points, etc. have been my stock and trade for over three decades.

Being familiar with the design of the twin towers I didn't have to wait for the official explanation to know why they fell like they did. The most amazing thing was that they stood as long as they did being that they were basically a vertical domino design. Once one floor fell, they all fall.

They fell cause terrorist flew planes into them.

OccultHawk · 02-11-2018, 05:15 AM

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They fell cause terrorist flew planes into them.

Yep.

Planes are big and heavy, fire is hot, and buildings are mostly hollow. Didn’t need a physics degree to get it.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 02-11-2018, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

It shouldn't. I've spent an entire career as a mechanical designer/engineer. Tensile stress, thermal expansion, buckling, shear strength, structural integrity, plasticity, melting points, etc. have been my stock and trade for over three decades.

Being familiar with the design of the twin towers I didn't have to wait for the official explanation to know why they fell like they did. The most amazing thing was that they stood as long as they did being that they were basically a vertical domino design. Once one floor fell, they all fall.

I majored in structural civil engineering, so don't try to impress me.

But thouands upon thousands upon thousands of architects and engineers beg to differ: Architects & Engineers For 9/11 Truth

Please give me a list of any and all structures that you have had any part in designing or building, so that I can make sure to steer clear of them for teh rest of my life.

The Twin towers were built to withstand plane crashes. As a truther and a former structural civil engineer, this case is most intriguing to me. And you all seem to not understand how buildings work, like, at all [I used that phrase instead of calling you all dumbasses and sheeple].

A B-25 Bomber hit the Empire State Buulding in 1945. Anyone care to guess what the outcome was?

**Frownland** · 02-11-2018, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by [MERIT]

The Twin towers were built to withstand plane crashes.

It says so right in the pamphlet!

Chula Vista · 02-12-2018, 12:22 AM

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(1) I majored in structural civil engineering.

(2) The Twin towers were built to withstand plane crashes.

(3) A B-25 Bomber hit the Empire State Buulding in 1945. Anyone care to guess what the outcome was?

Which one is it MERIT? (1) and (2) above totally contradict each other. Either you really did (1), or you truly believe (2). You simply can't have it both ways. Unless the lizard Truther portion of your brain has completely taken over. If that's the case? You need help dude.

(3) I almost brought this up earlier.

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MERIT: The Twin towers were built to withstand plane crashes. As a former structural civil engineer, this case is most intriguing to me. And you all seem to not understand how buildings work.

If, as a former structural engineer, you can't comprehend the totally diametric physics involved in the 1945 and 2001 events.....

I was going to explain it from a purely engineering aspect, but found this, which says it much clearer than I could at this hour.

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The important thing to note is that although these incidents have similarities, they also have many very big differences.

The first major difference is the kind of building that the empire state building is.

The empire state building is made from reinforced concrete and other heavy building materials such as masonry. It has a central support column as well as many additional interior support columns, all made from reinforced concrete, steel and masonry.

The density (weight per unit volume) of the empire state building is approximately 38 pounds per cubic foot. The density of the twin towers: 8 or 9 pounds per cubic foot.

Why were the twin towers so light compared to the empire state building?

The twin towers were completed in 1970 and were built to optimize office space. This is a compromise. The buildings were more fragile, but had more office space per floor than older buildings like the empire state building.

The way this was accomplished is a central column of steel and concrete in the center supported most of the weight of the twin towers, with the outer walls kept in place with a system of steel trusses.

This means that unlike the empire state building, the twin towers did not have any interior support columns at all.

Simple physics.

SIMPLE PHYSICS.