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I've pointed out page numbers and sections from the NIST WTC 7 Report with, IIRC, 80 pages of visible fire in WTC 7.
NCSTAR1A-3.2]"It is likely that much of the burning took place beyond the views of the windows"
NIST "stalled" their WTC 7 Report because they were finishing their report on WTCs 1 & 2. They released initial findings and then returned to the job at hand.
You are simply repeating falsehoods.
You have been given science and facts multiple times. You have never offered anything to counter them.
Since the "official claims" remain unchallenged
Sept. 02 2010
Dear Mr. Bob
This letter serves a the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (Log#10-194) to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in which you requested
in connection with its investigation for the technical cause of the collapse of the World Trade Center Tower and World Trade Center Building 7 on September 1,200I:
'1. All input and results files of the ANSYS 16 story collapse initiation model with detailed connection models that were used to analyze the structural response to thermal loads, break element source code, ANSYS script files for the break element s, custom executable ANSYS file, and all Excel spreadsheets and other supporting calculations used to develop floor connection failure modes and capacities.
2. All input files with connection material properties and all results flies of the LS-DYNA 47-story global collapse model that were used to simulate sequential structural failures leading to collapse and all Excel spreadsheets and other supporting calculations used to develop floor connection failure modes and capacities."
NIST is withholding sixty-eight thousand, two hundred and forty-six (68,246) file. These records are currently exempt from disclosure under section (b)(3) of the FOlA., 5 .S.C § 552 (b)(3). Exemption (b)(3) permits an agency to withhold records in an agency's possession which are records that are "specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than 5 .S.C552(b», provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for
withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be ...withheld."
The statute underlying the (b)(3) exemption in this case is the at National Construction Safety Team (1 C T) Act, 15 .S.. § 7301 et seq_ Section 12 of the CST Act (ISS_C § 7311) provides that it applies to the activities of 1ST in response to the attacks of September I ), 200 I. Section 7(d) of the NIST Act (15 U.S.C § 7306(d», exempts from disclosure. information received by 1ST in the course of investigations regarding building failures if the Director finds that the disclosure of the information might jeopardize public safety. On July 9 2009 the Director of NIST determined that release of the withheld information might' jeopardize public safety. Therefore, these records are being withheld.
NlST
You have the right to appeal this determination. Such an appeal must be made in writing and received within 30 calendar days of the date on this letter addressed to:
Assistant General Counsel for Administration (Office)
Room 5898-C
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20230
Your appeal should include a copy of you original request,a copy of this determination,and a statement of the reason(s) you believe this determination to be in error and why these records should be made fully available 10 you. Both your letter and the envelope in which it is mailed should be prominently marked "Freedom of Information Act Appeal.!!
Sincerely,
~:/_/~~A/
( Catherine S. Fletcher Freedom of Information Act Officer
originally posted by: hgfbob
a reply to: cantonear1968
I've pointed out page numbers and sections from the NIST WTC 7 Report with, IIRC, 80 pages of visible fire in WTC 7.
same shot, different angles.....and yet, the 2005 NIST scientific investigation does not see much.
NCSTAR1A-3.2"It is likely that much of the burning took place beyond the views of the windows"
and the facade that is attached to the perimeter vertical support is where they measured the global unified acceleration equal to g. that occurred for 105 vertical feet within the first 1/3 of it's 6.5 second collapse.
NIST "stalled" their WTC 7 Report because they were finishing their report on WTCs 1 & 2. They released initial findings and then returned to the job at hand.
no Canty, 2005 NIST already found the global unified FFA.....it took three years of stalling to get to the end of the Presidential term, then they claimed "new science" did this......the refuse to prove through science.
Why did the investigation take so long to complete?
The overall NIST investigation began on Aug. 21, 2002. Early in the investigation, a decision was made to complete studies of the two tower collapses (WTC 1 and WTC 2) before fully proceeding on the WTC 7 investigation. A major technical conference on the draft reports on WTC 1 and WTC 2 occurred on Sept. 13-15, 2005. The time between the technical conference on the WTC towers report and the issuance of this draft WTC 7 report is approximately three years, comparable to the length of a typical investigation of an aircraft crash.
You are simply repeating falsehoods.
then SHOW them to be, stop, 'forever' only telling of it......your entire post, NO link to anything......just as when you posted on utube.....NOTHING!
You have been given science and facts multiple times. You have never offered anything to counter them.
Canty, the "I already did that" did not work on utube, why do you think it will work here?
that is all I post, FACTS from that 10,000+ pages and taught science......
why is it you, [fighting to hold it in], people ever post from that report to support the science pushed as truth??
you seem to have to reference duhbunking sites, that 'tell' the people what is really in there....lol
Since the "official claims" remain unchallenged
how does one 'challenge' when there is NOTHING to challenge???
refusing to peer review outside the authors....straight to official story, keeping the agenda alive since day one.
Sept. 02 2010
Dear Mr. Bob
This letter serves a the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (Log#10-194) to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in which you requested
in connection with its investigation for the technical cause of the collapse of the World Trade Center Tower and World Trade Center Building 7 on September 1,200I:
'1. All input and results files of the ANSYS 16 story collapse initiation model with detailed connection models that were used to analyze the structural response to thermal loads, break element source code, ANSYS script files for the break element s, custom executable ANSYS file, and all Excel spreadsheets and other supporting calculations used to develop floor connection failure modes and capacities.
2. All input files with connection material properties and all results flies of the LS-DYNA 47-story global collapse model that were used to simulate sequential structural failures leading to collapse and all Excel spreadsheets and other supporting calculations used to develop floor connection failure modes and capacities."
NIST is withholding sixty-eight thousand, two hundred and forty-six (68,246) file. These records are currently exempt from disclosure under section (b)(3) of the FOlA., 5 .S.C § 552 (b)(3). Exemption (b)(3) permits an agency to withhold records in an agency's possession which are records that are "specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than 5 .S.C552(b», provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for
withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be ...withheld."......(edited for length)
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: cantonear1968
There is also no question that NIST said that debris did nothing to initiate the collapse of the building.
Yes it was hit by the debris cloud but I would love to see the footage of falling debris hitting 7....
Hand waving to avoid inconvenient facts
NCSTAR1A-3.2"It is likely that much of the burning took place beyond the views of the windows"
Which does not address the specific information of multiple fires I have referenced for you
Which was the 2nd phase of a 3 part collapse sequence. The 1st stage was decidedly less than FFA. Which is the stage of columns buckling; not being blown apart.
Shyam Sunder at 2008 NIST technical briefing
"the phenomenon that we saw on 9/11 that brought this particular building down was really thermal expansion, which occurs at lower temperatures."
Opinion, not facts. As NIST stated in their FAQ released 9/17/2010:
The NIST WTC Reports have been in the public domain for 6 years and have been reviewed by multiple engineering companies.
"No conclusive evidence was found to indicate that pre-collapse fires were sever enough to have a significant effect on the microstructure that would have resulted in weakening of the steel structure." NIST NCSTAR 1-3C, p. 235
no evidence the type of joining methods, materials, or welding procedures used was improper NIST 1-3 p.99
recovered bolts were stronger than typical. NIST 1-2 p.133
"no core column examined showed temp. above 250C" NIST 1-3 6.6.2
NCSTAR1-3 7.7.2 "because no steel was recovered from WTC7,it is not possable to make any statements about it's quality"
"NIST did not test for the residue from explosives or accelerants" wtc. nist. gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006. htm
"NIST is withholding 68,246 files. These records are currently exempt from disclosure. All input and results files of the ANSYS 16 story and the LS-DYNA 47-story global collapse model that were used to simulate sequential structural failures leading to collapse."
They are used for current guidelines in building construction [ARUP Group] and have been "fully endorsed" by respected organizations such as the NFPA and The ICC.
You need to actually show this by, for example, running your own FEA analysis to challenge NIST's results.
Honestly, I don't even know what to do with this. If you are unable to find footage of debris from WTC 1 impacting WTC 7 then I really don't believe you are trying very hard.
originally posted by: hgfbob
a reply to: cantonear1968
facts, you call posting video of 10 second shots of fire facts???...
I gave you almost 50 pages showing fires in WTC 7. You have quoted NIST's statement of fires beyond the windows hundreds of times, intimating there was little to no fire. The proof I offered refutes this. Please address it.
NCSTAR1A-3.2"It is likely that much of the burning took place beyond the views of the windows"
Which does not address the specific information of multiple fires I have referenced for you
uhm....yes it does. the acceleration equal to gravity ....
And again. There are multiple shots of fire throughout the building. You first tried to ignore this by claiming "same shot, different angle". You are now trying to avoid this hand wave by claiming "Yes fire....spot fires". The pictures show multiple fires on multiple floors, as described in NIST for their Collapse Progression. Please address this.
the facade is a non load bearing, COSMETIC application...
I don't know what this is in reference to. I don't remember bringing up the facade nor making any claims about it's load bearing capabilities. And I don't know why you claim "there is NO fire" when I have given you 50 pages of fire which you are not addressing. I guess the hope is to keep pretending I didn't do this.
Which was the 2nd phase of a 3 part collapse sequence. The 1st stage was decidedly less than FFA. Which is the stage of columns buckling; not being blown apart.
and WITHIN a scientific contest....means SH*T unless it is PROVED.
What isn't proven? The dofferent stages of collapse? Please, if you have calculations disproving this I am happy to hear it. Wishing it away doesn't make it cease to exist.
remember this video.....
Shyam Sunder at 2008 NIST technical briefing
"the phenomenon that we saw on 9/11 that brought this particular building down was really thermal expansion, which occurs at lower temperatures."
where he claims the phases YOU describe are a BRAND NEW NEVER BEFORE SEEN PHYSICS phenomenon..
I'm sorry, but do you really believe Dr. Sunder was referring to thermal expansion as a "new phenomenon"? As if he never had heard of it? Try reading his comments in context. He was referring to this leading to a building collapse. That's what was new. And to date this conclusion is unchallenged.
bunker.... to have it magically FLOAT
When did I say this? Please expand.
Opinion, not facts. As NIST stated in their FAQ released 9/17/2010:
funny how you can ONLY point to either a, FAQ, cover sheet, or a preface page..
I pointed you to 80 pages within the NIST Report showing multiple fires on multiple floors, yet you pretended this didn't happen nor it exists. I guess it doesn't matter what I quote for you if you aren't going to read it.
PEER REVIEWED!
The NFPA
The ICC
Just 2 of the engineering agencies who REVIEWED the NIST Report and "Fully endorse" it. Your denials are running hollow as usual.
POST THE SCIENCE!
NCSTAR 1-9
Still unrefuted.
The NIST WTC Reports have been in the public domain for 6 years and have been reviewed by multiple engineering companies.
the 2005 NIST report is from 200 volunteers whom did NOT find a scientific reason for collapse
Bold assertion not backed up by facts.
"No conclusive evidence was found to indicate that pre-collapse fires were sever enough to have a significant effect on the microstructure that would have resulted in weakening of the steel structure." NIST NCSTAR 1-3C, p. 235
Why are you switching to WTC Towers when we are speaking about WTC 7? No matter. Here's the rest of the paragraph:
"Thus,the preceding forensic analysis does not, and cannot,give a picture of temperatures seen by the vast majority of perimeter and core columns."
Same reference.
no evidence the type of joining methods, materials, or welding procedures used was improper NIST 1-3 p.99
Who said it was?
recovered bolts were stronger than typical. NIST 1-2 p.133
Who said they weren't?
"no core column examined showed temp. above 250C" NIST 1-3 6.6.2
What do temperatures of the core columns have to do with the collapse mechanism of the Towers?
NCSTAR1-3 7.7.2 "because no steel was recovered from WTC7,it is not possable to make any statements about it's quality"
Uh huh.
"NIST did not test for the residue from explosives or accelerants" wtc. nist. gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006. htm
If you're going to quote NIST you could quote their reasons for not doing so.
how does one replicate, which is what PEER REVIEW is, when there is NO DATA to replicate???????
No Bob. There is no requirement of the reviewer to "replicate" a paper's procedures and data. That is ridiculous and an indication you don't know what you are talking about. The reviewer analyzes the paper to make sure proper procedures were followed. It is up to the challenger to run tests to verify or refute the conclusions.
Get to that.
there is NO physical evidence supporting this NEW SCIENCE..
Video, audio, witness testimony, computer modelling.
All evidence.
They are used for current guidelines in building construction [ARUP Group] and have been "fully endorsed" by respected organizations such as the NFPA and The ICC.
current guidelines....lol.....there have been NO code changed in THIS Country as a result of 9-11.
I will reference this later. But the ARUP Group, who built the CCTV Buolding in Beijing which burned, credit the NIST WTC Reports for their new guidelines in building construction.
"fully endorsed"'....again......NO credibility what-so-ever....basically cosmetic candy.
Fully endorsed. You are not addressing this. Just pretending it doesn't exist.
'credibility' is a PEER REVIEW of the scientific data!
....not fellow cronies agreeing.
Bold assertion not based in fact. You ask for peer review, get it, then dismiss it as "cronyism".
Simple hand waving against inconvenient facts.
You need to actually show this by, for example, running your own FEA analysis to challenge NIST's results.
no problem, PEER REVIEW is about replication of a process to see if one gets the SAME results
Again, wrong. Explained above. You as the challenger need to run your own FEA to refute or validate the NIST conclusions. Until you do this you are simply hand waving inconvenient facts.
Absence of evidence is not evidence Canty!
I couldn't agree more. Which is why I have quoted from an engineering report that enjoys the full support of the engineering community. You have.......
What exactly?
I gave you almost 50 pages showing fires in WTC 7. You have quoted NIST's statement of fires beyond the windows hundreds of times, intimating there was little to no fire. The proof I offered refutes this. Please address it. . And I don't know why you claim "there is NO fire"
NCSTAR1A-3.2]"It is likely that much of the burning took place beyond the views of the windows"
NCSTAR 1A 3.6] "This free fall drop continues for approximately 8 stories, the distance traveled between t=1.75s and t=4.0s...constant, downward acceleration during this time interval. This acceleration was *9.8m/s^2*, equivalent to the acceleration of gravity."
NICSTAR 1A 4.3.4] Global Collapse..."The entire building above the buckled column region moved downward in a single unit, as observed, completing the global collapse"
What isn't proven? The dofferent stages of collapse? Please, if you have calculations disproving this I am happy to hear it. Wishing it away doesn't make it cease to exist.
I'm sorry, but do you really believe Dr. Sunder was referring to thermal expansion as a "new phenomenon"? As if he never had heard of it?
"the phenomenon that we saw on 9/11 that brought this particular building down was really thermal expansion, which occurs at lower temperatures."
"no core column examined showed temp. above 250C" NIST 1-3 6.6.2
The NFPA
The ICC
Just 2 of the engineering agencies who REVIEWED the NIST Report and "Fully endorse" it. Your denials are running hollow as usual.
credit the NIST WTC Reports for their new guidelines in building construction.
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility. In academia peer review is often used to determine an academic paper's suitability for publication.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899·
Sept. 02 2010
Dear Mr. Bob
This letter serves a the final response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (Log#10-194) to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in which you requested
in connection with its investigation for the technical cause of the collapse of the World Trade Center Tower and World Trade Center Building 7 on September 1,200I:
'1. All input and results files of the ANSYS 16 story collapse initiation model with detailed connection models that were used to analyze the structural response to thermal loads, break element source code, ANSYS script files for the break element s, custom executable ANSYS file, and all Excel spreadsheets and other supporting calculations used to develop floor connection failure modes and capacities.
2. All input files with connection material properties and all results flies of the LS-DYNA 47-story global collapse model that were used to simulate sequential structural failures leading to collapse and all Excel spreadsheets and other supporting calculations used to develop floor connection failure modes and capacities."
NIST is withholding sixty-eight thousand, two hundred and forty-six (68,246) file. These records are currently exempt from disclosure under section (b)(3) of the FOlA., 5 .S.C § 552 (b)(3). Exemption (b)(3) permits an agency to withhold records in an agency's possession which are records that are "specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than 5 .S.C552(b», provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for
withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be ...withheld."
The statute underlying the (b)(3) exemption in this case is the at National Construction Safety Team (1 C T) Act, 15 .S.. § 7301 et seq_ Section 12 of the CST Act (ISS_C § 7311) provides that it applies to the activities of 1ST in response to the attacks of September I ), 200 I. Section 7(d) of the NIST Act (15 U.S.C § 7306(d», exempts from disclosure. information received by 1ST in the course of investigations regarding building failures if the Director finds that the disclosure of the information might jeopardize public safety. On July 9 2009 the Director of NIST determined that release of the withheld information might' jeopardize public safety. Therefore, these records are being withheld.
NlST
You have the right to appeal this determination. Such an appeal must be made in writing and received within 30 calendar days of the date on this letter addressed to:
Assistant General Counsel for Administration (Office)
Room 5898-C
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20230
edit on 7-7-2014 by hgfbob because: typo
where is the fire
'global' = symmetrical; encompassing ALL....
'unified' = moving as a single unit; moving as one....
so.....WHAT removed that resistance GLOBALLY if not fire?
you ignore all this and pick the most insignificant direction to go focusing on out-of-context' wording
gravitational acceleration of a steel framed building is an event, NOT a 'phase' you can add time to on paper so it doesn't occur
again, further proving to ALL, your misleading intent.....why do you leave off those FIRST two words??
Low Temp Thermal Expansion
"no core column examined showed temp. above 250C" NIST 1-3 6.6.2
NO f/n evidence of actual failed WTC steel from these FIRES PRESENT.
do you really want me to repeat myself this entire time we converse
so I suggest YOU get some physic on and get yerself some peer reviewed evidence,
why do none of your have direct links to anything you spew?
I don't give two sh*ts whom "endources"
and tell me HOW it's done with NO available data to verify it with.
I have given you page references with 50 pages of fire. You keep avoiding this and trying to pretend it doesn't exist.
NCSTAR1A-3.2]"It is likely that much of the burning took place beyond the views of the windows"
Uh huh. I have not denied this. Do you have a question in there?
Bridges are in danger
But the expected temps of the area, and the effects on steel, are not a mystery and can be estimated fairly accurately.
when I pointed out the review by peers of the NIST Report you called it cronyism.
I don't give two sh*ts whom "endources"
Then why do you keep going on about peer review if you don't care about it!!??
Very confusing.
How is your FEA analysis coming?
as I said, I have NO problem repeating what YOU ignore.
when I say the 2005 NIST SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION can't see the fire
was MEASURED off the FACADE where there is NO FIRE
WHAT does all the work of REMOVING resistance if NO FIRE IS SEEN?
so, are we gonna continue to ignore my post to misquote
tell me how fire we can't see from the windows achieves 105 vertical feet of acceleration equal to g
lol, the most important difference...building do not have highly flammable floors as bridges do
and yet these three collapses are EXCLUSIVE to only 9-11
DESPITE greater initial damage and fires
all three were steered straight down through the path of most resistance
Natural collapses are chaotic events
Symmetry denotes CONTROL
so unless YOU can show show me HOW there can be symmetry
making out-of-context wording
where are the PEER REVIEWS????
taking my response of "ENDORSEMENTS" then attaching it to peer review!!
as soon as YOU link me to the 68,000+ files of DATA variables from the 2008 NIST hypothesis
NCSTAR 1A 3.6] "This free fall drop continues for approximately 8 stories, the distance traveled between t=1.75s and t=4.0s...constant, downward acceleration during this time interval. This acceleration was *9.8m/s^2*, equivalent to the acceleration of gravity."
NICSTAR 1A 4.3.4] Global Collapse..."The entire building above the buckled column region moved downward in a single unit, as observed, completing the global collapse"
NCSTAR1A p.39/130
"the damage from the debris from WTC 1 had little effect on initiating the collapse of WTC 7."
"No conclusive evidence was found to indicate that pre-collapse fires were sever enough to have a significant effect on the microstructure that would have resulted in weakening of the steel structure." NIST NCSTAR 1-3C, p. 235
no evidence the type of joining methods, materials, or welding procedures used was improper NIST 1-3 p.99
recovered bolts were stronger than typical. NIST 1-2 p.133
"no core column examined showed temp. above 250C" NIST 1-3 6.6.2
NCSTAR1-3 7.7.2 "because no steel was recovered from WTC7,it is not possable to make any statements about it's quality"
"NIST did not test for the residue from explosives or accelerants" wtc. nist. gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006. htm
"the phenomenon that we saw on 9/11 that brought this particular building down was really thermal expansion, which occurs at lower temperatures."
"free fall acceleration can ONLY occur when there is NO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS BELOW IT"
where are the supporting LINKS to back ANYTHING you just posted???
tell me HOW FIRE ALONE removes 105 vertical feet of structural resistance globally in WTC7...blah, blah, blah
yet for SOME reason after STALLING for three years
ya don't have to watch the video, you can read the PDF transcript of the video....that quote is on page 34.
"free fall acceleration can ONLY occur when there is NO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS BELOW IT"
NIST is withholding sixty-eight thousand, two hundred and forty-six (68,246) file.....
There isn't anything in that statement I disagree with. As has been told to you, thermal expansion can be damaging to a structure
"the phenomenon that we saw on 9/11 that brought this particular building down was really thermal expansion, which occurs at lower temperatures."
then support the claimed NEW physics
thermal expansion that occurred at LOW TEMPS!!!
"NIST is withholding 68,246 files....
And why do you find this wrong? Be specific.
"the phenomenon that we saw on 9/11 that brought this particular building down was really thermal expansion, which occurs at lower temperatures."
How is your FEA analysis coming?
Why do you keep avoiding this question?
already did precious......
can you tell me the difference between a natural gravitational building collapse, and that same collapse ACCELERATING globally and unified equal to g.???
tell me how fire we can't see from the windows....
...does this...
WHEN ya gonna tell me all about this.....quit stalling
as soon as YOU supply the data variables
Can't
Canty
precious
bunker
MORON
Not needed. I'm not asking you to run NIST's simulations.
"the phenomenon that we saw on 9/11 that brought this particular building down was really thermal expansion, which occurs at lower temperatures."
"NIST is withholding 68,246 files. These records are currently exempt from disclosure. All input and results files of the ANSYS 16 story and the LS-DYNA 47-story global collapse model that were used to simulate sequential structural failures leading to collapse."
You do realise that you're just about the only person in the world that hasn't heard of thermal expansion?