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To: Rock_nj who wrote (2280)8/29/2003 4:25:51 PM
From: Don Earl  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20039
 
Yep, it'll be interesting to see how that line of research progresses. That the steel met or exceeded design specs is not surprising. Typical engineering of that kind of structure is to design for a huge margin of error, for the most extreme case, then beef it up.

A lot of expert opinions seem to change as soon as they go public, so it'll be interesting to see if this particular project goes forward in a straight line, or if there is a sudden about face and another dead end investigation.



To: Rock_nj who wrote (2280)8/29/2003 10:23:43 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Respond to of 20039
 
Rock,

The author of this article doesn't seem to be too conversant with civil engineering. The main structural elements of the WTC were heavy columns and lighter floor trusses.

There were relatively few "beams" in the structure.

And the concern about yield strength has nothing significant to do with the question of deformation due to heating.


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