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Originally posted by wmd_2008
reply to post by psikeyhackr
psikeyhackr
YOU dont know if the fuel explosion caused no damage to the steelwork or floors, you assume that, we cant know! but what
about damage to the fire protection and sheetrock.
Drawings on the net work out the info yourself re mass!
Anok
Again you look at the events the way YOU want , the Cardington test show that the temperatures in an office fire
can get high enough to cause real problems. Some parts got to 700+c in 23 mins!
But you seem to ignore the fact that the test did not simulate the collapse of the floors above the Cardington
steelwork was not sujected to a massive shock(dynamic) load from above was it!!!!!
You also seem to forget the 700-800 tons of concrete per floor were held onto the core and perimeter steel
with a couple of bolts through a piece of steel angle, did that itself cause problems on the day!
TheIsraelite777
Yes the explosions what could they have been were they actual explosions could things in the building
exploded due to the heat? and could it have been structural items failing can you imagine the noise of
say part of a floor that has 700-800 tons of concrete collapsing. You have to remember these people were
under extreme stress at the time.
Originally posted by Yankee451
reply to post by wmd_2008
The damage to the building is not consistent with the OS. The gashes are outside-in slices, not inside-out as the OS requires.
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Just as the WTC towers were built to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707.
Originally posted by thedman
reply to post by Sliick
Just as the WTC towers were built to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707.
Only problem it was a 767 that hit the WTC......
Originally posted by Varemia
If you want to get really specific they were the model, Boeing 767-222.
They are larger, have a larger load of fuel, and thus can cause more damage and more fire than a 707.
You do realize that you are supposed to deny your own ignorance, not ignore others and "deny" everything they say, 'claiming' that they are ignorant, right?
Please, if you can, show me an example of jet fuel being ignited in mid-air (in a mostly closed off environment with a tube going down, if possible) and let me know if every single drop combusts instantly. Then, see if they can measure the pressure exerted at the bottom of the tube by the explosion. It would be interesting to know, and would be a lot more convincing than your "believe it" stance.
I'm not ignorant, I just take some convincing before I believe in theories that don't make much sense at first.
That's called wary, more so than ignorant. Though, really, maybe I am ignorant, since that means that I simply do not know the information that y'all are privy to. I'd like to deny my ignorance by learning the facts, but you keep telling me that I should stay ignorant because "you're right and I'm wrong," with practically nothing to actually back yourself up. Just words and annoying insults.
Originally posted by Yankee451
Oh my goodness. Are we clutching at some straws here or what? How about you provide a shred of evidence to support YOUR hypothesis that jet fuel wouldn't have ignited on impact. It's your claim junior, you show us how the fuel ran downstairs before the explosion can get it. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Prove it or stop this nonsense.
Originally posted by Varemia
Originally posted by Yankee451
Oh my goodness. Are we clutching at some straws here or what? How about you provide a shred of evidence to support YOUR hypothesis that jet fuel wouldn't have ignited on impact. It's your claim junior, you show us how the fuel ran downstairs before the explosion can get it. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Prove it or stop this nonsense.
What the f***, straws? I proposed a test which would prove something. I was wondering if he could find any. I don't KNOW exactly what would happen. Yet, you, you f--- ugh! You have the AUDACITY to act like YOU HAVE EMPIRICAL PROOF! You don't have anything! You have less than what I have!
*sorry for the explosion, but I'm tired of being polite betty about this. This is just stupid*
Liquid fuels
Combustion of a liquid fuel in an oxidizing atmosphere actually happens in the gas phase. It is the vapour that burns, not the liquid. Therefore, a liquid will normally catch fire only above a certain temperature: its flash point. The flash point of a liquid fuel is the lowest temperature at which it can form an ignitable mix with air. It is also the minimum temperature at which there is enough evaporated fuel in the air to start combustion.
Originally posted by Yankee451
reply to post by Varemia
Is that you not changing the subject or is that you proving fuel from multiple fuel tanks all flowed down the same elevator before blowing up a hundred floors down, after those fuel tanks were shredded against the exterior steel?
The AUDACITY.
Originally posted by Varemia
What the hell? Where did I say anything about fuel tanks or single elevators? There is one elevator that runs the length of the towers and would allow fuel to reach the basement, and there are multiple others which begin at various lobbies. Fuel obviously went into various elevators due to the various blow-outs, though a couple elevators were serviceable by firefighters.
There are reports in which they encounter elevators that they cannot operate due to them being destroyed/damaged, and eventually they decided to just use the stairs because the elevators couldn't reach the damaged portion of the towers. Then, the firefighters couldn't make it through to the impacted floors.
I wasn't changing the subject as far as I know. You're just being weird now.