Vincent Vega
Critical Thinker
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In layman's terms
When you scale down in size you also scale the mass down as the materials are less dense. You also scale down the forces involved (gravity). It would be nearly impossible to model somthing the scale of a WTC tower accurately for any meaningful engineering purposes. As I have stated a 1/100th scale model would have to weight half a ton to even begin to replicate the force of gravity on the structure. Now accomplish that with materials in the .5-1mm thickness range.
Watch the video again. The debris is not going up and out.
It might be considered ridiculous if you choose to use silly materials.
Scale the structure down using similar materials as used in the towers.
Is there any chance of reducing the costs in order by scaling down the project down for the challenge?
Including the relevant materials that were found in the towers could be used as well, of course.
When you scale down in size you also scale the mass down as the materials are less dense. You also scale down the forces involved (gravity). It would be nearly impossible to model somthing the scale of a WTC tower accurately for any meaningful engineering purposes. As I have stated a 1/100th scale model would have to weight half a ton to even begin to replicate the force of gravity on the structure. Now accomplish that with materials in the .5-1mm thickness range.
Watch the video again. The debris is not going up and out.