Originally Posted by
DGM
Obviously column 79 failed. Why do you think it did? This is how you form a hypothesis. When are you guys going to do it? I'll read it if you ever do. Stop trying to prove you're right by showing some point of the NIST wrong. It's childish when you have no coherent hypothesis of your own. .
Every column in WTC 7 failed. Why do you think they did?
Originally Posted by
DGM
No. I would protect the suppression systems so the steel never gets to this extreme. If it does the building is already in serious trouble.
Really? What would give you this impression? There are no historic examples of steel framed high rises collapsing to the ground due to fire before spray on fireproofing and sprinkler systems were the norm.