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Originally posted by Mark_Amy
I think they were very poorly designed buildings and the builders must have cut a lot of corners when they were building them...
thedman said.......
South tower was struck 15 floors lower than North (78 to 83 floors vs 93 to 98) - that meant hundred of thousands of tons more weight to be supported by structure.
thedman said.......
Also South tower was struck at oblique angle at intersection of south and east faces. The impact ripped out a corner of the building leaving that section "hanging" in air unsupported. If watch collapse sequence can see building fall toward that section first.
thedman said.......
North tower was hit dead center - the remaining exterior columns formed an arch around damaged section helping to support it until heat from fires softened the steel and caused columns to buckle
Originally posted by thedman
reply to post by Psychoses
It was simple physics
South tower was struck 15 floors lower than North (78 to 83 floors vs
93 to 98) - that meant hundred of thousands of tons more weight
to be supported by structure
Also South tower was struck at oblique angle at intersection of south and
east faces. The impact ripped out a corner of the building leaving that
section "hanging" in air unsupported. If watch collapse sequence
can see building fall toward that section first.
North tower was hit dead center - the remaining exterior columns formed
an arch around damaged section helping to support it until heat from
fires softened the steel and caused columns to buckle
Originally posted by Psychoses
reply to post by thedman
thedman said.......
South tower was struck 15 floors lower than North (78 to 83 floors vs 93 to 98) - that meant hundred of thousands of tons more weight to be supported by structure.
Please clarify this statement. How did planes hitting the building increase its mass by 100,000's tons?
Originally posted by Rewey
Originally posted by Psychoses
reply to post by thedman
thedman said.......
South tower was struck 15 floors lower than North (78 to 83 floors vs 93 to 98) - that meant hundred of thousands of tons more weight to be supported by structure.
Please clarify this statement. How did planes hitting the building increase its mass by 100,000's tons?
No, no... he's not saying the planes are adding 100,000's of tons...
He's saying that the mass of the portion of building sitting directly on top of the damaged areas was much greater on one building, because the plane hit so much lower than the other tower. The 100'000s of tons he's referring to is the mass of the top part of the building which is adding downward pressure on the damaged areas, and would then allegedly drop and 'pancake' the rest on the way down. Therefore, the one with the heavier top part (thereby putting more pressure on the damaged part of the structure) is more likely to fall first...
Rew
slipkid said.......
No explosives were used.
If the top section is falling away from the structure below it, and the ~70 floors below that are perfectly intact and structurally sound. How is it that the top half doesnt fall of into the streets?
Originally posted by king9072
You realize that even the official story does not prescribe to the pancake theory anymore... right?
Originally posted by Psychoses
reply to post by Rewey
Floor 83 to 93 is 10 floors. Even if it were one hundred thousand tonnes, this would imply that each floor weighs 10,000 tonnes giving the building a total mass of 1,070,000 tonnes.
The foundations would never have supported the weight of the building!