i've seen that where the puffs of smoke and stuff come out before the floors fall, however there is air on those floors and it has to go somewhere when the floor above is falling on top of it.Originally Posted by blacknightteg
i've seen that where the puffs of smoke and stuff come out before the floors fall, however there is air on those floors and it has to go somewhere when the floor above is falling on top of it.Originally Posted by blacknightteg
Ok let me "try" to put this issue to rest since it seems not very many people actually know that much about how the towers were designed.Originally Posted by LS2_KID
Unlike most buildings where the building is supported by steel structures INSIDE THE BUILDING the WTC towers were supported by the EXOSKELETON. The Stainless Steel beams on the outside of the towers were what were holding them up they weren't just asthetics. Each floor with the exception of the loby was a wide open 1 acre layout with only the elevator shafts and stairs taking up space. The reason the buildings went down was that there plenty of **** inside the building that was burnable. The fires traveled up wards causing the floor supports to give. The windows blowing out on each floor above the fire that everyone keeps talking about. That was an individual floor colapsing. the fire spread up and down and the floors simply panckaed on top of eachother until finally gravity and inertia took over causing the buildings to come down.
Also take into account that these buildings were designed 30 years ago and were designed to withstand the impact of a 707. The planes used on 9/11 were much larger.
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Originally Posted by redGT
LOL i can't tell if you are backing me up or not.. however very informative post on things i did not know, reps.