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Originally posted by K J Gunderson
Originally posted by pteridine
reply to post by K J Gunderson
Whether they looked or they didn't look, there is no evidence for CD.
Says who? How many times do you need me to ask you when they were looked for?
When evidence is found, as a result of searching or just stumbling across, then there will be evidence for CD.
How would that happen if no one is looking?
You can insist there is no evidence over and over again but you cannot make it true by sheer will. Can you tell me when explosives were looked for and what team was looking for them? If not, then your argument is just your IDEA.
Originally posted by redgy
reply to post by SPreston
Thanks for the reply, I do see your point.
but wouldn't all this molten metal/thermite reaction flowing down to the basement area from above be doing its job on the surface material also.
Originally posted by pteridine
reply to post by K J Gunderson
ΔL = Lo x α x ΔT
a [steel, structural] = 1.2 x 10^-5 [this is the coefficient of expansion]
If we let L = 50 feet = 600 inches then with every degree K increase this beam lengthens by 0.0072". If you let the temperature increase 500 K, then the beam lengthens by 3.6."
Given the shear strength of the bolts, the force exerted exceeds the max shear of the bolts, cold, by more than 20 times.
The NIST report shows calculations for a shorter beam with a delta T of 600 degrees. They also use a different coefficient of expansion [1.4 x 10^-5] but the results are generally the same. If things get hot, bolted connections will fail or the steel will fail. The trapezoidal prism shape of the building and asymmetric framing exacerbated the problem.
Originally posted by pteridine
I'll rephrase for you.
Is there any physical evidence for CD available to the public? NO.
Is anyone looking for any evidence of CD? YES. The CTer's are looking.
Could they find any evidence for CD? Probably not physical evidence but possibly evidence in a FOIA.
Until someone finds evidence, accidentally or as the result of a search, there is no evidence of CD that would cause a reinvestigation.
As to personal attacks, you are certainly in the lead. Perhaps you do not realize what you are writing in your highly emotional state.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
Anyway...let me try asking one last time in a non-emotional, non insulting, non combative manner.
Why would you expect there to be any evidence of explosives if no one looked for any?
Originally posted by pteridine
reply to post by K J Gunderson
The expansion is the result of thermal transfer.
There are no thermal flux calculations shown.
The NIST report has a nice section on this, as I already mentioned, and you probably have that more available to you than a MechE textbook and Perry's Handbook. They use a larger a value, but the idea is the same.
Read through Chapter 8 of the NIST NCSTAR 1-9 Vol 1 report for information. Page 339 figure 8-15 shows beam tear-out from the WTC 5 partial collapse. Pages 343-344 discuss expansion and shear strength. Pages 355-357 discuss possible explosives.
Originally posted by THE AQUARIAN 1
You're still trying to communicate with pterry? It's a complete waste of time. He will not respond to anything that weakens his position. His mind is completely shut off.
Move on. This thread has more evidence than anyone would ever need. You don't need to prove it to a Chemistry teacher that's afraid of his shadow.
Yours,
THE AQUARIAN 1
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by K J Gunderson
Because you cannot hear them on video not equipped to pick up the sounds does not mean that explosions were not heard.
Huh
Do you mean like the hand-held personal video cameras, such as were used to record THESE cds???
There are many, many more examples.
You have a choice:
Provide the "proof" of the pre-rigged building, prior to the morning of 11 September, 2001 or show evidence of a team going in after Towers 1 & 2 collapsed, although no one saw them.
Some will immediately cry (CIA-controlled building!). Fine. The damage and ensuing fires did NOT disturb the pre-set explosive charges???
How?
Originally posted by pteridine
reply to post by K J Gunderson
Yes. You want to see the heat flux calculations because you can't believe office fires could heat steel to 600 C. This will be difficult to calculate without estimating heat rates. NIST used a complex model that cannot be readily replicated and to do the calculations by hand is too time consuming.
Originally posted by pteridine
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
Anyway...let me try asking one last time in a non-emotional, non insulting, non combative manner.
Why would you expect there to be any evidence of explosives if no one looked for any?
I will turn your previous comment around. How do you know that no one looked for evidence of explosives? Just as no one publically reported evidence of explosives, it is possible that no one reported looking for them.
NIST did consider the possibility using a minimum size cutter charge on one key beam. They did this because it is apparent that no CD, as such, occurred in #7 because of the lack of CD-like explosions.
The 9-pound cutter charge of RDX, placed in the location that they identified as the key to the collapse sequence, would bring down the building in the same fashion as the fire induced collapse. Nine pounds of RDX makes a serious noise and would disrupt windows on the floor on which it was placed and other floors if it was in the atrium area. No such event was heard or seen as the collapse sequence began.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
reply to post by rush969
I guess I missed the proof you are talking about. Care to point it out for people like me who just do not see it? I would appreciate that mucho!