reply to post by Griff
Hey senor, bsbray needs your help. He made this statement:
"because the perimeter columns had enormous reserve capacity, especially on higher floors where there was less weight but the columns were
physically the same size. So they could hold about as much weight as the columns on the very bottom of the building that held the whole damned thing
up, but they had much less weight actually applied to them. "
Complete post here -
www.abovetopsecret.com...
We've agreed that while the exterior dimensions are the same, the thickness of the steel that made up the ext columns got thinner towards the top.
By looking at his statement, you can see that he seems to think that this is irrelevant, and that the ext columns were as strong as those near the
base.
Please correct him, and save him further embarassment. Or, correct me.