(September 13, 2016 at 12:50 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Why did the floor fail at 13?The NIST report says column 79 was pushed off it's girder due to thermal expansion of 5.5 inches.
You realize stresses can be shared in a structure and that the weakest point will fail first, no?
The issue the Dr. found was found in their modeling having left out many connectors/bolts that would otherwise hold it back from expansion explained thoroughly @07:45 in the video. They left out A LOT.
Their conclusion was false based on incomplete data in there collapse model.
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