Max Photon = Apollo20 +
Well, so far not too many nibbles from the NISTIANs on my list of problems with the NIST Report. So here is the list again with a few edits and additions:
1. NIST bases its collapse theory on the loss of thermal insulation while admitting that the state of thermal insulation inside the towers is unknown.
2. NIST prevaricate about the presence of molten metal in the towers.
3. NIST offers no explanation for the sulfiding of steel and fail to mention the occurrence of widespread chlorination of recovered samples.
4. NIST do not consider the possible contribution of corrosion, erosion, wastage and/or embrittlement to the failure of bolts and welds in the truss assemblies.
5. NIST offer contradictory versions of the pre-collapse tipping of the upper sections of the towers and estimate tilt angles that exceed tilts predicted for quoted downward displacements.
6. NIST do not consider the energy dissipated by the aircraft impact-induced torsional vibrations of WTC 2.
7. NIST do not consider the thermal degradation of the visco-elastic damper polymer or even discuss if SFRM was applied to the dampers.
8. NIST's ASTM E-119 tests were carried out on floor truss assemblies made from a different steel welded by a different technique to that used in the towers.
9. NIST carried out no analyses or mechanical tests on any recovered concrete.
10. NIST says it found no evidence for the use of explosives in the destruction of the towers when it knows full well that no analyses for explosive residues were carried out.
11. NIST assumes in one section of its Report that 2/3rds of the KE of the aircraft was converted into motion of WTC 2, but elsewhere assumes, as per T. Wierzbicki, that ALL the impact KE was dissipated by plastic deformation and fracture of the aircraft and the WTC structural steel and concrete.
12. NIST ignore the contribution of the shredded aluminum from the impacting aircraft on the evolution of the fireballs and the development of the fires and did not include aircraft debris in its fire simulations.
13.) NIST fails to explain WTC2's 10 minute metal fire seen burning at Column 301, 2/3 up the Floor 81 window.
14.) NIST struggles to explain the 7 major WTC2 smoke releases, all with timings of 1 minute plus or minus a few seconds.
15.) NIST does not explain the numerous WTC2 "pressure pulses" and "smoke puffs" that zip across the facade reminiscent of a steam pipe organ.
16.) NIST - in a disjointed manner - says that the WTC2's smoke releases, pressure pulses, smoke puffs, fire flare-ups, debris falling, metal flows, and hanging objects seen through open windows changing locations, are correlated, and probably related to a common underlying source, yet the NISTies shrink from an explanation.
17.) NIST ignores the white flashes on the facades (that Max Photon says are from thermite-dusted shock-tube).
18.) NIST does not explain the two grey "wires" seen attached to one of recovered steel member N8's floor truss seats.
19) NIST examined no perimeter panels exposed to fire from WTC2's fire-affected zones on the east and north faces, despite the utterly bizarre descriptions of the highly unusual fire behaviors of WTC2.
20.) NIST does not provide a good explanation for WTC2's magic fire in the 81/NE corner.
21.) NIST never sent Max Photon a fruit basket. Instead, they told him to FAQ off, then referred him here.
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