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Originally posted by ThroatYogurt
reply to post by cashlink
Not sure why... let me try it again:
Ok.....it's not working.
www.bentham.org...
That is the home page. Try searching it:
The Open Civil Engineering Journal
Volume 2 Issue 1
ISSN NO: 1874-1495
Here is a link to the download:
www.bentham-open.org...
[edit on 5-7-2008 by ThroatYogurt]
...Jones came along, but he initially said that it is "...a hypothesis to be tested. That's a big difference from a conclusion..."
Originally posted by ThroatYogurt
reply to post by jprophet420
I was actually pointing out that someone lied about it (Jones) and his paper was more of a "letter."
Jones paper was actually refused by his peers at BYU.
As far as the steel turning to dust... the only one that makes that claim is Judy Woods. I am hoping JP that you don't buy that chicks snake oil.
Originally posted by cashlink
I have read his report
Where dose it say that Pro Steven Jones is wrong?
Chairman of the BYU department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dr. Miller
I think without exception, the structural engineering professors in our department are not in agreement with the claims made by Jones in his paper, and they don't think there is accuracy and validity to these claims".
- The BYU physics department
The university is aware that Professor Steven Jones' hypotheses and interpretations of evidence regarding the collapse of World Trade Center buildings are being questioned by a number of scholars and practitioners, including many of BYU's own faculty members. Professor Jones' department and college administrators are not convinced that his analyses and hypotheses have been submitted to relevant scientific venues that would ensure rigorous technical peer review."
"The structural engineering faculty in the Fulton College of Engineering and Technology do not support the hypotheses of Professor Jones."
Letter to the Editor
Refuting 9/11 Conspiracy Theory
April 09, 2006
Dear Editor,
After reading in the Daily Herald the presentations made by Professor Steven E. Jones (BYU Physics) to students at UVSC and BYU, I feel obligated to reply to his "Conspiracy Theory" relating to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (9/11/01).
I have studied the summary of the report by FEMA, The American Society of Civil Engineers and several other professional engineering organizations. These experts have given in detail the effects on the Towers by the impact of the commercial aircraft. I have also read Professor Jones' (referred to) 42 page unpublished report. In my understanding of structural design and the properties of structural steel I find Professor Jones' thesis that planted explosives (rather than fire from the planes) caused the collapse of the Towers, very unreliable.
The structural design of the towers was unique in that the supporting steel structure consisted of closely spaced columns in the walls of all four sides. The resulting structure was similar to a tube. When the aircraft impacted the towers at speeds of about 500 plus mph, many steel columns were immediately severed and others rendered weak by the following fires. The fires critically damaged the floors systems. Structural steel will begin to lose strength when heated to temperatures above 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. Steel bridge girders are bent to conform to the curved roadway by spot heating flanges between 800 and 1000 degrees Fahrenheit. It is easy to comprehend the loss of carrying capacity of all the structural steel due to the raging fires fed by the jet's fuel as well as aircraft and building contents.
Before one (especially students) supports such a conspiracy theory, they should investigate all details of the theory. To me a practicing structural engineer of 57 continuous years (1941-1998), Professor Jones' presentations are very disturbing.
D. Allan Firmage
Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering, BYU
Originally posted by cashlink
Is that it. I thought there would be more to take Jones down.
there really isnt that much is there.