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Originally posted by Fluffaluffagous
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
I said the potential energy depends on the amount of EMPTY SPACE under the mass.
And you would be wrong.
PE depends on a height above an end point. It's usually considered to be ground level...
Originally posted by IrishWristwatch
Originally posted by Fluffaluffagous
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
I said the potential energy depends on the amount of EMPTY SPACE under the mass.
And you would be wrong.
PE depends on a height above an end point. It's usually considered to be ground level...
Greetings, Fluffaluffagous. Since you were just linked to the 9/11 Forum for something else, please enjoy another link to the forum:
the911forum.freeforums.org...
A moment's perusal will show you you're doin' what's been done before - to no avail. May as well cut your losses now. That was quite a while ago, and it was an entire thread devoted to keeping the "PE=0" spam in one place.
Ciao.
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
So the Kinetic Energy of the impact is determined by the "supposed" fall through empty space not the distance above the ground.
psik
Originally posted by Fluffaluffagous
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
So the Kinetic Energy of the impact is determined by the "supposed" fall through empty space not the distance above the ground.
psik
I said this on the 14th. Nothing has changed.
"PE depends on a height above an end point. It's usually considered to be ground level, and in this case would be appropriate since the question at hand is whether or not there was enough PE to cause a collapse all the way to the ground as was observed.
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
The mass that fills that space the rest of the way to the ground will be absorbing that kinetic energy imparted by the fall through 12 feet of EMPTY SPACE.
From then on if the crush energy exceeds any gain from reduced height then the mass will slow down. So just calculating PE to the ground is nonsense.
Can supports strong enough to hold the static load possibly take so little energy to crush?
psik
Originally posted by Fluffaluffagous
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
The mass that fills that space the rest of the way to the ground will be absorbing that kinetic energy imparted by the fall through 12 feet of EMPTY SPACE.
True.
What happens when a level is set into motion though?
Does it or does it not add KE back in?
So why hasn't someone built a physical model that can completely collapse, if that is possible?
Originally posted by hooper
reply to post by psikeyhackr
So why hasn't someone built a physical model that can completely collapse, if that is possible?
Crush or collapse? You like to use those two words as if they were synonyms, but they're not. I can stack a bunch of wooden blocks and with very little energy cause them to collapse. But the amount of energy required to crush is a whole other thing.
So you can make a big deal about the vagueness of language. I am so impressed.
My structure consists of washers and paper loops. There is EMPTY SPACE inside and outside of my paper loops within the outer radius of the washers. Your comparison to wooden blocks is nonsense.
In order for my structure of washers and paper loops to collapse, Individual loops must be crushed.
The washers will not crush with any weight that I have.
So come up with some more word games to muddy the issue
Originally posted by ButterCookie
People who think the Hologram Planes Theory is nonsense are not able to explain how it is nonsense.
For example, all I keep reading from them is that "the planes were real...because people saw them". Excuse me, but isn't that what a hologram is- a realistic visual??
We all saw Tupac perform Sunday night...a hologram Tupac..
By now it should be obvious that the buildings were dynomited/bombed. Because of that, there was no need to crash real airliners to bring the buildings down.
Remember how Building 7 fell? NO PLANE....however, it fell (imploded) in the same manner that Towers 1& 2 did.
My guess is that the 3rd plane experienced technical difficulty/ computer glitch.
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
Originally posted by Fluffaluffagous
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
The mass that fills that space the rest of the way to the ground will be absorbing that kinetic energy imparted by the fall through 12 feet of EMPTY SPACE.
True.
What happens when a level is set into motion though?
Does it or does it not add KE back in?
Newton's 3rd Law of Motion means that the bottom of the falling portion begins being crushed just like the top of the stationary portion. So Kinetic energy is used up in the process of crushing both. The Conservation of Momentum means getting the stationary mass moving so that also slows the falling portion.
So if we do not have a decent idea of the amount of energy needed to collapse individual levels of the core then the discussion is nonsense. It is just a matter of what people want to BELIEVE.
But the paper loops in my falling portion get crushed just like those being impacted.
Originally posted by Fluffaluffagous
You believe we do not.
But the paper loops in my falling portion get crushed just like those being impacted.
Columns weren't crushed. You fail.
You also failed in responding to my question:
What happens when a failed level is set into motion after the collisions?
Does it or does it not add KE back into the equation?
You know it does, right? that's why you didn't answer, right?
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
Every individual columns does not have to be crushed but the STRUCTURE created by the vertical and horizontal steel in the core has to be crushed.
Originally posted by Varemia
Originally posted by psikeyhackr
Every individual columns does not have to be crushed but the STRUCTURE created by the vertical and horizontal steel in the core has to be crushed.
Or, it could... you know, break/shear. Crushing is just one way to destroy a structure. It is not the be-all end-all of methods for collapse.
Whatever, that will still require the application of energy and that energy has to come from somewhere. I am not spending my time coming up with every word to cover every possible option.
Originally posted by hooper
reply to post by psikeyhackr
Whatever, that will still require the application of energy and that energy has to come from somewhere. I am not spending my time coming up with every word to cover every possible option.
No, not "whatever". Different types of deformation require different levels of energy. You also assume that all elements were deformed and unless you can catalog for us exactly the type and level of deformation suffered by every element in the collapse then you are doomed to making erroneous generalized statements about Python programs and weight distribution and Newton's law and conservation of this or that. Once you can prove exactly what happened to every element then and only then can you work backwards and try to prove that there was insufficient energy in the collapse to cause those deformations.