How it Was Done: 9/11 and the Science of Building Demolition

Discussion in '9/11' started by Munkle, Feb 16, 2015.

You are viewing posts in the Conspiracy Theory forum. PF does not allow misinformation. However, please note that posts could occasionally contain content in violation of our policies prior to our staff intervening.

  1. Fangbeer

    Fangbeer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    10,992
    Likes Received:
    3,914
    Trophy Points:
    113
    I can see that we're going to have to go through this step by step. One question at a time.

    1. You know that there's more types of metal than "iron and steel", right?
     
  2. psikeyhackr

    psikeyhackr Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2009
    Messages:
    1,617
    Likes Received:
    196
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Because nothing had to break for the model to oscillate.

    Are you demonstrating that you are not smart enough to figure that out? Breakage would mean that the strength was exceeded. Hence the relevance of the square cube law.

    I wish we got more feedback from your "audience". Maybe I am all there is.

    Please proceed with more dumb questions.

    psik
     
  3. Kokomojojo

    Kokomojojo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 14, 2009
    Messages:
    23,960
    Likes Received:
    1,904
    Trophy Points:
    113
    yes yes me too!

    1) so what?
     
  4. LoneStrSt8

    LoneStrSt8 New Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 14, 2011
    Messages:
    9,012
    Likes Received:
    33
    Trophy Points:
    0
    his question was why did they build a model to show oscillation if it could never have been like the real bridge?....you're the one talking about 'collapse'
     
  5. Fangbeer

    Fangbeer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    10,992
    Likes Received:
    3,914
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Oh no. You didn't just say that the model oscillated. You said the model replicated the oscillation of the real bridge. How could it have done that if the model did not have a scale strength and mass of the real bridge? Don't you have a Youtube video that demonstrates how mass affects oscillation? Does mass not effect the oscillation of the bridge model? What about strength? Strength dampens the oscillation. Doesn't the strength have to be the same so that the dampening is the same? If the strength and mass aren't the same, how could the oscillation be the same?

    If you'll finally notice. I'm asking the same dumb question you keep asking about building a model of the tower collapse. You still haven't realized that your model of the tower is no different at all from the model of the bridge. It doesn't have the same mass distribution because it can't, and it doesn't have the same strength because it can't. The model of the bridge didn't collapse in the same way as the real bridge, and your model didn't collapse in the same way as the real tower.

    Yet you'd come here and try to claim that the bridge model is an example of a physical model that duplicates the behavior of a full size structure.
     
  6. Fangbeer

    Fangbeer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    10,992
    Likes Received:
    3,914
    Trophy Points:
    113
    1) You agree that there's more than one type of metal.

    2) Do you agree that the Draper point is the approximate temperature above which almost all solid materials visibly glow as a result of blackbody radiation? (525˚ C)
     
  7. psikeyhackr

    psikeyhackr Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2009
    Messages:
    1,617
    Likes Received:
    196
    Trophy Points:
    63
    If you are going to comment on the frequency of oscillation of the model versus the bridge then why don't you do it? Of course the film of the model could have been shot at a speed to compensate for that. I have not seen any mention of that.

    Like I said, anyone can watch the video and judge for themselves. If they want to get excited about your verbal BS they can do that also.

    psik
     
  8. Fangbeer

    Fangbeer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    10,992
    Likes Received:
    3,914
    Trophy Points:
    113
    All this talk about physics, and when you're actually asked to defend your argument with some we're told to watch a video and guess.

    How disappointing.

    How is the model of the bridge different from your model of the tower?

    The model of the bridge cannot model the correct mass, and it cannot model the correct strength.

    Doesn't your model of the tower suffer exactly the same limitation?
     
  9. psikeyhackr

    psikeyhackr Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2009
    Messages:
    1,617
    Likes Received:
    196
    Trophy Points:
    63
    You keep saying, or more like implying, that the model can't do this or that, but you have not specified how the video of the model fails to match the video of the bridge other than that the model did not collapse. what would have been the point of running the model until it collapsed, if it could, after the bridge had collapsed?

    Anyone can watch the video and judge for themselves whether they match. But I suppose some people need you to tell them what to think. Or maybe you just believe that they do.

    If there is an "audience" out there you are free to comment. LOL

    That is true. You are not playing.

    You appear to think it is a brilliant statement that a 1/00th scale model is not going to have the same mass as the real bridge. How did you ever figure that out? Of course if models had the same mass as what they were modelling there would be hardly any point in modelling. They would be a real pain in the ass to work with.

    psik
     
  10. psikeyhackr

    psikeyhackr Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2009
    Messages:
    1,617
    Likes Received:
    196
    Trophy Points:
    63
    The reason I do not discuss the collapse of the bridge is because there is nothing under the bridge but the river.

    There is no mass falling on mass that is supposed to be strong enough to support the falling mass under static conditions. I only brought up the bridge as an example of modelling for structural engineering. There were not 90 levels below the roadbed to be destroyed.

    You are telling us that you are not capable of noticing that difference?

    psik
     
  11. Fangbeer

    Fangbeer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    10,992
    Likes Received:
    3,914
    Trophy Points:
    113
    All I said was exactly what you said. You said the model duplicated the oscillation of the bridge. I asked you if the model duplicated the oscillation of the bridge, then why didn't the model collapse? You said that because of square cube law, the model could not have the same strength and mass characteristics as the real bridge. I merely pointed out, using your own logic, that if the model did not have the correct distribution of mass and strength, then mathematically the bridge could not possibly have replicated the oscillation of the real bridge. Do you deny that oscillation is dependent on mass and strength? Is modelling the mass of a oscillating bridge not as important as modelling the mass of the towers? Why then do you have this Youtube video?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0kUICwO93Q

    You're just not willing to admit that your own argument destroys your claim that it should be possible to build a model of the towers that replicates the collapse of the tower if only we knew the exact mass distribution within the tower. We simply can't build a model with the same strength and mass characteristics because of square cube law.

    Why do you keep telling me to watch a video? Are you arguing that the video shows a reality that cannot proven mathematically? Also, after running successful tests on the model, they installed a cable system that failed within days on the real bridge. What was the point of that? Obviously the cables did not fail on the model despite attempts to cause failure, or they would not have installed them on the real bridge.

    And their judgement would be a guess. Is that all you can do? Guess?
     
  12. ARDY

    ARDY Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 1, 2015
    Messages:
    8,386
    Likes Received:
    1,704
    Trophy Points:
    113
    i am kinda amazed this discussion goes on and on

    i did watch the video
    hoping for something relevant or new
    and sadly found neither

    it seems to be modeling the impact of the physical plane collision
    only from the perspective of mass and momentum

    but clearly the initial impact did not bring down the towers.
    so that analysis seems pointless

    also it is clear the video does not model building damage which was obvious in 9-11
    which i note the wtc design relied upon the external wall for structural strength

    the video also does not model the effect of the fire
    most conspiracy theorist dismiss any impact from fire
    as does the presenter in the video
    this issue had an unplanned real world demonstration in the san Francisco area
    where a fuel tanker crashed and burned under a freeway over pass
    the question is
    did this fuel fire weaken the steel in the overpass?
    some say that it could not do that because of yada yada yada

    but the steel was weakened and the overpass destroyed
    by a fuel fire similar to 9-11
     
  13. Fangbeer

    Fangbeer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    10,992
    Likes Received:
    3,914
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Just to be clear, that was Psikeyhackr's video. He believes that we need to know the exact mass distribution of the building in order to confirm that momentum was conserved during the collapse. Otherwise it was space aliens or something. He's not too clear on that part.
     
  14. ARDY

    ARDY Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Mar 1, 2015
    Messages:
    8,386
    Likes Received:
    1,704
    Trophy Points:
    113
  15. psikeyhackr

    psikeyhackr Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2009
    Messages:
    1,617
    Likes Received:
    196
    Trophy Points:
    63
    That commentary is truly brilliant. One would think I did not explain what the video was supposed to demonstrate. Then you don't mention how well it did or did not demonstrate what I said. You know something to do with how the mass and mass distribution affected the oscillation and therefore why we need that information about the real building.

    It is also interesting how the people who make a big deal about the overpass collapse fail to notice that the vertical supports do not seem to have been affected. The overpass fell off the supports. But then skyscrapers are somewhat vertical structures with multiple levels that would have to fail.

    The defenders of the 9/11 Religion are so brilliant! :bored:

    The idiotic debate goes on and on because some people can't figure out the obvious. A multi-level collapse would have its speed affected by the distribution of mass. But that mass distribution would also affect the building's oscillation so there are multiple reasons for needing to know that data.

    But some people pretending to be scientific can some how maintain their beliefs without data. If I am wrong a good model would just demonstrate that I am wrong. So why don't the people who accuse me of being in error want good models?

    psik
     
  16. LoneStrSt8

    LoneStrSt8 New Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 14, 2011
    Messages:
    9,012
    Likes Received:
    33
    Trophy Points:
    0
    How sad...reduced to insult...
     
  17. Fangbeer

    Fangbeer Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Apr 13, 2011
    Messages:
    10,992
    Likes Received:
    3,914
    Trophy Points:
    113
    We have good models. They just don't meet your unmeetable criteria of being a scale physical model. I've explained why multiple times, and I just got you to explain one of the reasons why in our previous discourse. Not that you would admit it. But how ironic, after demanding I watch an old video to prove the model bridge replicated the oscillation of a full scale bridge that you would now b*tch about maintaining belief without data. Where's your bridge oscillation data? How could you claim that the model replicated any behavior of the full scale bridge without any data?

    How about another data point? Gravity. Gravity affects the oscillation of the bridge. How should they have scaled gravity to a 1:200 scale bridge? 1 inch of acceleration in the model is more than 16 feet of acceleration in the full scale bridge. Do you see a problem here?
     
  18. psikeyhackr

    psikeyhackr Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2009
    Messages:
    1,617
    Likes Received:
    196
    Trophy Points:
    63
    You keep coming up with stuff to b!tch about but so far you have not specified anything wrong in comparison between the videos of the bridge model and the real bridge and the model was operating under normal gravity so you just want to resort to innuendo. But you found the quote about the model:

    So b!tch at him about gravity. The bridge collapse did not have mass falling on mass falling on mass. That is why I don't talk about the bridge collapse.

    psik
     
  19. Alucard

    Alucard New Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2015
    Messages:
    7,828
    Likes Received:
    41
    Trophy Points:
    0
    John Schroeder did provide a good testimony.
     

Share This Page