Jazzz said:
YOU were proved wrong about the collapse times, as NIST didn't agree with you at all.
Liar.
You claimed that the towers collapsed at near free fall speed, and that this was evidence of controlled demolition, however you failred to substantiate this. I pointed out that if we use typical CTer collapse times of 13 seconds, this represents an increase of around over a third. Even the NIST figure of 11 seconds represents a slowing of 19.5%. That's substantial.
And let's remember exactly what NIST actually say:
NIST said:
“… the structure below the level of collapse initiation offered minimal resistance to the falling building mass at and above the impact zone. The potential energy released by the downward movement of the large building mass far exceeded the capacity of the intact structure below to absorb that energy through energy of deformation.
So which is it Jazz? Why do you believe them on collapse time but not cause? Are NIST always wrong, or just wrong when it suits
you?
I was proven RIGHT in my assertion that there is no evidence of 'inferno' in the South Tower
Liar. No-one except YOU said that there had to be an "inferno". In fact, you claimed - wrongly - that there was little or no fire:
Jazz said:
The fire in the South Tower was unremarkable and soon to be fully extinguished
Jazzz said:
black smoke had pretty much ceased coming out of the building
You then used to reports of a fire crew on the 78th floor - away from the main impact - to try and justify this claim.
You were proven wrong. Again.
I was happy to discard the figure of 600%
Liar. You made up the figure of 600%, then refused to give your source, and only caved when WE did the research for you. And you don't even see what's wrong with inventing the figure!
I never claimed that FE 'disagreed' with the NIST report - I have taken their quotes objectively for what they are, it is you that fails to understand them
Liar. What you actually said was:
Jazz said:
I quote that article to make out that Fire Engineering considered the investigation second-rate -
In fact FE only have problems with how the investigation looked at aspects such as performance of fire proofing and co-ordination of the fire fighting effort. In fact they have never questioned the principal aspects of the NIST report, have they?
I have NEVER claimed that tensile and yield strength are the same thing!
Liar. You are using tensile strength in your calculation, because it gives you an exagerated overall strength.
You claimed that the core couldn't stand up for itself. You were proved wrong. You claimed that it couldn't take the entire design load of the WTC. You were proved wrong.
It ca't and you have never disproven it. Quite the opposite. The core is part of a composite structure which relies on the interrelationship of the three main elements for overall stability. You keep thinking that the core's role in providing resistance to the overturning moment proves it was designed as a freestanding structure.
What you've actually sought to argue of late is that it has sufficient capacity to carry gravity loads itself, which is also crap. You only got those figures by mis-applying tensile loads (see above) and trying to argue (wrongly) that failure doesn't occur at the yield point.
And you've recently made an arse of yourself by repeatedly misunderstanding the DCR ratios.
Liar. You're the one that's made an arse of yourself. Again.