Respectfully, you're wrong. This is, in essence, the NIST position that once the collapse process started it could not be stopped.
Yes, the structure is mostly air, but as seen in the video, the concrete was pulverized and debris projected outward. That is in all videos, undeniable.
I would urge you to do a frame by frame analysis of any of the videos of the collapse. There isn't the reactions to collisions that this explanation requires.
lol, oh i bet i do know exactly what i'm talking about... it's not water barrels on freeway divide stopping a car from impacting a guardrail.
pretensioned cables are pulled so tight before the concrete pours that when it does break there is so much stored energy inside that those cables throw massive chunks of concrete flying into other buildings and sometimes people.
when the building is failing you have all that stored energy being released... but not because the building had to overcome the resistance of the stored energy to move it.
think of it like a mousetrap... a light touch releases all that stored energy... adding energy to the system/reaction. like pulling the trigger on a gun.
it actually proves my point because each snapped cable was dumping energy into the collapse as it happened, helping it, not slowing it down.
Wow... your argument has shifted to the floors of the building are designed to assist collapse of the structure. That's 180 from the reason they do that. That method is used to get the maximum strength of the concrete allowing them to use less material and have the same structural strength.
So, what happens to the columns in your simulation?
Respectfully, you're wrong. This is, in essence, the NIST position that once the collapse process started it could not be stopped.
Yes, the structure is mostly air, but as seen in the video, the concrete was pulverized and debris projected outward. That is in all videos, undeniable.
I would urge you to do a frame by frame analysis of any of the videos of the collapse. There isn't the reactions to collisions that this explanation requires.
the majority of that dust cloud wasn't concrete, it's drywall.
and ask a demolitions expert what happens to pretensioned concrete when you bust into it.
it's one of the most dangerous things on the job site, kills people all the time.
Wow... You're really grasping for anything right now. I bet you don't even understand why that hurts your argument.
lol, oh i bet i do know exactly what i'm talking about... it's not water barrels on freeway divide stopping a car from impacting a guardrail.
pretensioned cables are pulled so tight before the concrete pours that when it does break there is so much stored energy inside that those cables throw massive chunks of concrete flying into other buildings and sometimes people.
when the building is failing you have all that stored energy being released... but not because the building had to overcome the resistance of the stored energy to move it.
think of it like a mousetrap... a light touch releases all that stored energy... adding energy to the system/reaction. like pulling the trigger on a gun.
it actually proves my point because each snapped cable was dumping energy into the collapse as it happened, helping it, not slowing it down.
Wow... your argument has shifted to the floors of the building are designed to assist collapse of the structure. That's 180 from the reason they do that. That method is used to get the maximum strength of the concrete allowing them to use less material and have the same structural strength.
So, what happens to the columns in your simulation?