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To: maceng2 who wrote (16414)10/1/2006 7:50:11 PM
From: David Howe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 20039
 
<<< but do you honestly believe that the temperature of the environment was hot enough to effect the strength of the structural steel? >>>

When steel is heated it expands. Even minor heat increases (like to 200 degrees F.) will cause significant expansion. Expansion like this will dramatically alter the structure and in a case like the Trade Center it caused failure of enough joints that down it went.


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