Blade_Runner wrote:
payne1000 @ When Newton's third law of motion is applied to the theory that gravity crushed one floor at a time, then there would be an equal and opposite reaction on each floor as the towers came down.
This would mean there would be a jolt or pause in the collapse 90 times on the North Tower as it came down. There is not one equal and opposite reaction in the fall.
You haven't explained how this can happen without cutting charges and explosives.
I'm getting tired of this infantile horseshit, but what the hell, one more time:
Gravity IS NOT a theory.
Gravity is one of the Four Fundamental Forces in the Universe. Gravity is why one WTC tower weighed 500,000 tons.
Gravity did not crush the tower.
Gravity is the force that pulled the MASS of the tower down.
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Under the pull of Gravity, the MASS OF THE TOWER crushed the entire building.
If you want to go with 20 floors, we'll go with 20 floors.
The MASS of each individual floor system (slabs, trusses, and office contents) weighed an average of 4500 tons.
The MASS of the 20 floors above the BIG WOUND weighed 90,000 tons. (4500 tons x 20 = 90,000)
Each individual floor system supported its own weight plus whatever was placed upon it.
The vertical support system--core and perimeter columns--held each individual floor system in place. We can deduce from this that each individual floor system was bearing DOWN on the vertical support system. We can further deduce that the strength and support of each individual floor system did not depend on any other floor system, above or below it.
Due to the force of Gravity acting upon it, the natural tendency of each individual floor system was to FALL DOWN. (That's why buildings generally have a vertical load bearing system. You know, to hold up the floors and keep them from FALLING DOWN.)
The floor system would FALL DOWN if its connections to the vertical support system were broken. This is, IN FACT, what happened in the devastated area of tower EVEN BEFORE IT BEGAN TO COLLAPSE.
Now, when the 90,000 ton MASS of the 20 floors above the BIG WOUND began to collapse, it came down first on the floor system immediately below it. When this 90,000 tons of MASS IN MOTION collided with the 4500 ton MASS AT REST, an EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION occurred. Yes, it did. This is a scientific fact. Newton's 3rd Law.
However, since the collapsing mass was 20 times more MASSIVE than the floor system it collided with, Newton's 2nd Law came into play. The acceleration of an object is dependent upon both FORCE AND MASS. The acceleration and mass of the collapsing portion of the tower far exceeded the static mass of the floor system.
The floor system first in the path of the collapsing upper MASS was already straining against its connections to its vertical support, so when it was hit by that collapsing mass and its connections to the vertical support were broken, it had no choice but to join the big guy in his mad, crushing rush to the ground. The little fellow actually added his weight to the charge downward.
And as the collapse progressed, both the acceleration and the mass increased. One floor system after another joined the onrush. Once the Big Fellow up top started DOWN, the tower didn't have a chance.
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You say you are getting tired of this bull shit, but obviously you are not. There is something wrong with you going on and on and on and on at nausea with the same little aspect of 9/11 being an inside job. Give it up. You lost the argument 100 pages ago with your absolute refusal to look at the evidence presented to you and your failure to answer questions that you were asked. (And I dismantled your responses to the couple that you did)
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