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You've asked how the upper part could apply a net force of greater than 1.0W, when gravity cannot be greater than 1g.
Momentum is the answer.
Net force from the descending part was 1.7W.
Kids understand momentum.
Net force from the bottom part was 1.0W. It never changed.
This shows that you never have even thought of momentum.
Again:
P=mv
P is a force vector.
F=ma is not the only way to express the forces involved.
In order to believe in Chandler's work, then you must also be of the opinion that you can balance a 8 lb brick on your head, or drop it from 20 ft and there will be no difference.
You're delusional if you continue down that road.
Originally posted by iamcpc
I don't know what all you're making up. You refuse to cite your source. You made up that the twin towers collapsed through the path of the most resistance. The truth is, that the twin towers collapsed downward, through their support structure and that the path of the least resistance was through the support structure.
Nope...I think you (and many others who continue with this fallacious reasoning) are missing the point...too bad, for it would be nice to have someone finally 'get it', but I suppose some are just too far gone....
Out of ALL the dissecting you did of my thoughts/opinions/descriptions, in the above two posts...I picked this as most demonstrative of the fallacious reasoning.
Once again, it demonstrates the FALSE impression people are having, regarding the structures' density, composition, and force vectors that were applied, by the INDIVIDUAL components, in a multitude of ways....not infinite, but a very, very large number.
AS TO the "should have decelerated"? This is seriously flawed reasoning, when you consider the sheer MASS involved!!
YOU, sir or madam, have a very good grounding in the basics --- surely you can grasp the concept of the huge mass, and its momentum, and the resulting forces??
Think of common-day analogies, if it will help: Battering rams, wrecking balls, etc.
Those are examples of a SIDEWAYS force of inertia and momentum, and thee impetus of the forces is NOT from gravity alone, but the concept is the same.
A two-ton ball of steel, comprising a "wrecking ball" WILL, of course, due to conservation of energy, and such, decelerate slightly upon impacting a target...say a brick wall. BUT, it is miniscule in measurement.
It really is a case of the 800-pound gorilla versus the antigue French provincial chair...(just made that up...thought it would evoke a cute mental image).
In essence: We have videos available, plenty of them, that portray the style of building demolition that involves no explosives of any sort --- merely removing a portion of the supporting structure, even on the PERIMETER, and even on only ONE SIDE....and, gravity does the rest, as the mass above begans to fall, CRUSHING, component by component, in a progressive fashion, the rest below it.
The upper portions in THOSE examples don't "decelerate"
BTW, accumulates MORE mass with each passing microsecond.
Originally posted by Azp420
In order to believe in Chandler's work, then you must also be of the opinion that you can balance a 8 lb brick on your head, or drop it from 20 ft and there will be no difference.
This is not true. I believe Chandler's work to be correct from what I have seen of it but do not hold the opinion you have just stated. You must not understand Chandler's work if you believe that to be a valid comparison. By the way the brick falling from 20 ft would provide a force on the persons head equal to F=ma, = 8 lb times however much the brick decelerated as a result of contact with the persons head (negative acceleration).
Originally posted by Joey Canoli
I find it fascinating that you will admit here that the falling brick will result in an overload on your head, and yet totally miss the point that the falling upper block will overload the lower part in the same way due to momentum.
As I've said, there is zero need to preweaken the lower part when momentum of the upper part is taken into consideration.
I find it fascinating that you will admit here that the falling brick will result in an overload on your head, and yet totally miss the point that the falling upper block will overload the lower part in the same way due to momentum.
As I've said, there is zero need to preweaken the lower part when momentum of the upper part is taken into consideration.
Explain how in your hypothetical question, why it is necessary to clear away the lower structure with explosives to get an overload of .7W, when momentum will result in an overload.
Originally posted by Azp420
I never said the falling top section wouldn't overload some of the undamaged bottom section.
Originally posted by Joey Canoli
Originally posted by Azp420
I never said the falling top section wouldn't overload some of the undamaged bottom section.
Then you have lost the plot entirely.
If you recognize that the falling upper part can overload the lower, but still insist that the only way for the collapse wave to accel at .7g is with explosives, then you don't have a handle on the problem.
Why are we even talking about the physics of 911?
Here....all most anyone ever does is talk and not understand what the other is saying, about the physics.
The power of the computer, and the ability to model REAL three-dimensional physics, is undisputed, would you not agree??
SO...instead of trying to school those who either fail, or refuse, to understand the dynamics involved, and the PHYSICS of all the various components that made up the structure of the WTC Towers, here is a video --- since people loves them videos better, and makes it easier to explain and visualize:
Originally posted by Azp420
So here is your logic/understanding of physics:
"If the upper section can overload the lower then it should be able to accelerate through it at whatever rate it wants."
In a non-suspicious scenario the top section would be decelerated
A suspicious way for a structure to behave, as I have proven in this thread, is for it to accelerate through undamaged portions of itself uniformly and constantly.
You are saying that it should slow down. You reject the notion that it can accel at 70% of ffa. How can you make the correct determination?
You don't have the answer to this cuz you don't have the structural docs, nor have you done an analysis.
But there is also a downwards load imposed on the lower part that you have ignored.
Momentum of the top section.
My 6 year old understands momentum and its effects.
He understands that when I place the 7lb bag of catfood into his arms, that he can help carry the groceries in. But he also innately understands that if I drop it into his arms, he will not be able to keep it from falling onto the garage floor.
According to you, the fact that he could only decel the bag a little is proof that his arms somehow got weaker.
That is insane.