Here's an idea. 1/2 of one of those 5 stacks is $1 mil.How about pennies?
http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/nine.asp
or here for 100,000,000 pennies:
http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/eight.asp
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Here's an idea. 1/2 of one of those 5 stacks is $1 mil.How about pennies?
It appears that no one has been able to produce an example of 1/10th of something crushing the other 9/10ths.
This bit made me laugh :
(Bjorkman) contacted the International Chamber of Shipping and was rebuffed. He met Borje Stenstrom at an IMO meeting and shared his findings. Stenstrom stated that Bjorkman “didn’t know or understand what was going on.”
Pls, see Condition #4 in post #1. You can do better!?
Unfortunately, #4 is rather vague and open to interpretation. How much of a lateral impact must it survive? Considering your previously stated belief that scale doesn't matter, I suspect this would be the undoing of most proposed models.
As well, I can think of a number of connecting methods that could be described as working due to friction. Nails, for just one example. These could be valid for the purpose of modeling, but could be argued against for the challenge.
I have an idea for a model that would likely demonstrate what you are trying to disprove, but would likely be disqualified because of the above "outs" that you have.
If I simply wanted to win your supposed million dollars, I would make a model that used primed mousetraps as structural elements. Use enough other elements so that even if you count the parts of the mousetrap as separate elements, we could still reach 70%, and it could satisfy every single one of your conditions. Sure, you could claim that this supports the need for CD, (it doesn't actually) but it would prove that you lied about giving $1 million to anyone who answers your challenge.
Your challenge was a hastily conceived and poorly designed.
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Because this did not happen on Sept 11th to either of the WTC's. It is wilfully ignore to even suggest it did or that anybody thinks it did.
PS Red, Google WTC core, they survived the collapse, they did not get crushed, therefore 1/10th of the building DID NOT crush the other 9/10ths.
PS - Do you really suggest that structures consist of mouse trap elements????
Condition #4 rules out the actual towers, they had many connections that relied solely on friction (anything bolted and not welded).
PS Red, Google WTC core, they survived the collapse, they did not get crushed, therefore 1/10th of the building DID NOT crush the other 9/10ths.
Yeah. No engineer me, but it seems that calculating the total SE of all the columns below the collapse zone is totally bogus as a way of measuring its resistance to catastrophic damage. Once the horizontal support had gone, then the bolts and welds would be subject to relatively minor lateral forces perfectly capable of breaking them. As opposed to stressing the columns from above - in the vertical plane, that is - beyond their elastic limit.
Plus, of course, as the 10% began to damage the 90% then the 10% became 11%+12% while the 90% became 89%+88% - and so on. Requiring 10% to do all the damage is similarly bogus. Gravity in a building collapse has a cumulative and progressive effect that is not mimicked in a ship collision.
Again - I'm no engineer. Just fond of nailing, bolting and cementing things together![]()
Yeah. No engineer me, but it seems that calculating the total SE of all the columns below the collapse zone is totally bogus as a way of measuring its resistance to catastrophic damage. Once the horizontal support had gone, then the bolts and welds would be subject to relatively minor lateral forces perfectly capable of breaking them. As opposed to stressing the columns from above - in the vertical plane, that is - beyond their elastic limit.
Plus, of course, as the 10% began to damage the 90% then the 10% became 11%+12% while the 90% became 89%+88% - and so on. Requiring 10% to do all the damage is similarly bogus. Gravity in a building collapse has a cumulative and progressive effect that is not mimicked in a ship collision.
Again - I'm no engineer. Just fond of nailing, bolting and cementing things together![]()
Glenn have a look at this model. Pretend it is six feet tall. Be honest now and tell me if you really think the top 10% will crush the lower 90% down level with the ground if dropped 6'' or 9'' onto it
Take 240 long spaghetti sticks to act as as the perimeter columns with an aditional 47 x 4 sticks to represent the stronger core spaced in a rectangle to cover about 60& of the centre of the structure. Then you have 110 x compressed glue and superfine sugar floors made to scale with holes drilled to correspond to the column locations. Then each floor is carefully slid down over he spaghetti columns and glued into position corresponding to the 110 floors of the WTC Towers. Allow to dry. Then anchor the columns in a solid surface. Allow to dry.
Finally lift up the top (and lightest) 10% of the model and drop it say 6'' onto the lower 90%.
It is assumed at JREF 9/11 Conspiracy Theories Forum that a structure will be crushed, if you drop a piece (1/10th) of the same structure on it and that it is quite normal - no conspiracy. So here is the challenge: Prove it!
John Lear knows he has aliens on the DSOTM. You forgot to defend your last post on Lear and here you are with zero engineering skills and no real science kibitzing on some real science question to support Heiwa’s delusions on 911.Glenn have a look at this model. Pretend it is six feet tall. Be honest now and tell me if you really think the top 10% will crush the lower 90% down level with the ground if dropped 6'' or 9'' onto it
Take 240 long spaghetti sticks to act as as the perimeter columns with an aditional 47 x 4 sticks to represent the stronger core spaced in a rectangle to cover about 60% of the centre of the structure. Then you have 110 x compressed glue and superfine sugar floors made to scale with holes drilled to correspond to the column locations. Then each floor is carefully slid down over he spaghetti columns and glued into position corresponding to the 110 floors of the WTC Towers. Allow to dry. Then anchor the columns in a solid surface. Allow to dry.
Finally lift up the top (and lightest) 10% of the model and drop it say 6'' onto the lower 90%.
If RM shows up somebody could ask him what visual differences we would see if scaling was needed to make this this model truly representative. I have to hit the sack. Night-night.