ok so we know that with enough force you can just bend metal right?
and if you want to make the job easier you apply heat.
and the more you heat it the less force you need to bend it right?
after impact the buildings are essentially two structural systems divided by a damaged system... like the DMZ dividing N and S Korea. the damaged area is now able to hold far less weight than it was optimized to hold before it got compromised. the weight from the undamaged building above the impact zone is now being carried by far fewer structural elements...
aka "less shit to hold up shit".
now set all of that shit on fire and let it cook for a long time, getting hotter and hotter... getting softer, getting weaker.
as the fires burned you could see floors sagging, you could see trusses hanging there and dropping down between floors... it was fucking dicked.
you could see deformation of the outside skin as the inside floors sagged and pulled (lateral tension) on the sides of the building from the inside.
i have no idea what dude is talking about with crystalline structures and expanding and contracting... all i know is the floors got hot, they sagged, it pulled the walls inward till the top of the building was too heavy then it failed...
we are talking about the top 1/3 or 1/4 of one of the largest structures on the planet... how much do you think all that shit weighs?
more importantly, once the damaged area can't hold the top anymore and all that shit starts falling down the only thing stopping all of that mass in motion is going to be the planet.
no worries, i'm actually shocked i've been able to bite my tounge this much cause i really hate these people. i'm fading fast i don't think i can deal with these people much more tonight it's really depressing.
The winner all depends on whether that beam has to hold up thousands of tons while hot.
A good campfire will soften steel enough to bend by hand.
people literally have to heat it in forges till it's glowing and hit it with heavy hammers to get it to stretch and bend small amounts.
ok so we know that with enough force you can just bend metal right?
and if you want to make the job easier you apply heat.
and the more you heat it the less force you need to bend it right?
after impact the buildings are essentially two structural systems divided by a damaged system... like the DMZ dividing N and S Korea. the damaged area is now able to hold far less weight than it was optimized to hold before it got compromised. the weight from the undamaged building above the impact zone is now being carried by far fewer structural elements...
aka "less shit to hold up shit".
now set all of that shit on fire and let it cook for a long time, getting hotter and hotter... getting softer, getting weaker.
as the fires burned you could see floors sagging, you could see trusses hanging there and dropping down between floors... it was fucking dicked.
you could see deformation of the outside skin as the inside floors sagged and pulled (lateral tension) on the sides of the building from the inside.
i have no idea what dude is talking about with crystalline structures and expanding and contracting... all i know is the floors got hot, they sagged, it pulled the walls inward till the top of the building was too heavy then it failed...
we are talking about the top 1/3 or 1/4 of one of the largest structures on the planet... how much do you think all that shit weighs?
more importantly, once the damaged area can't hold the top anymore and all that shit starts falling down the only thing stopping all of that mass in motion is going to be the planet.
Thanks for having the patience to explain it in more detail than I did. I don't expect it'll do any good, but good comment.
no worries, i'm actually shocked i've been able to bite my tounge this much cause i really hate these people. i'm fading fast i don't think i can deal with these people much more tonight it's really depressing.