Maths of the north tower collapsing

[Undesired Walrus]

*I meant both towers collapsing*

Apologies if this has already been covered, But on the Hardfire debate, Mark Roberts reported to Dylan Avery that "any structual engineer, who qualified from any sort of school, should be able to draw up an (scientific) explanation" in response that NIST doesnt go into the calculations for the eradication of the bottom floors. So, to put to bed Stundie's adorable cries for a scientific chart, would it be a good idea for someone to get in touch with a structual engineer/meet a structual engineer/someone get the calculations, so we can put this to rest, once and for all? Once that comes out, it should be easy to refute grandpa Jones' theories.

 

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Try the Bazant paper.

First version 2002:
http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/people/bazant/PDFs/Papers/405.pdf

Later version 2006:
http://www.nistreview.org/WTC-PROGRESSIVE-COLLAPSE-BAZANT.pdf

 

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Yes, I meant for them to do it, because they don't believe the calculations that have already been done, and anyway they would have to get someone to check the work of any new engineer we hired (which they wouldn't do either, but it's worth pointing out).