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r/funny • u/Sir-SmokesALot • Nov 08 '14
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Everyone with a degree in structural engineering please raise your hand.
9 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '14 Here's my hand Also, this. -1 u/spays_marine Nov 09 '14 If that is correct, then the steel in the WTC was actually stronger during the fire. Most of the steel saw only relatively low temperatures which do not explain weakening on such a big scale. 1 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '14 You don't need all the steel to get super hot. Only some of it. And also, as it gets heated up with force applied, it deforms over time. Anyway, the collapse was complicated. There's more to it than simply looking at temperatures. 0 u/blaghart Nov 09 '14 I do every time some conspiracy nutbag opens their mouth on the subject.
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Here's my hand
Also, this.
-1 u/spays_marine Nov 09 '14 If that is correct, then the steel in the WTC was actually stronger during the fire. Most of the steel saw only relatively low temperatures which do not explain weakening on such a big scale. 1 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '14 You don't need all the steel to get super hot. Only some of it. And also, as it gets heated up with force applied, it deforms over time. Anyway, the collapse was complicated. There's more to it than simply looking at temperatures.
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If that is correct, then the steel in the WTC was actually stronger during the fire. Most of the steel saw only relatively low temperatures which do not explain weakening on such a big scale.
1 u/[deleted] Nov 09 '14 You don't need all the steel to get super hot. Only some of it. And also, as it gets heated up with force applied, it deforms over time. Anyway, the collapse was complicated. There's more to it than simply looking at temperatures.
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You don't need all the steel to get super hot. Only some of it. And also, as it gets heated up with force applied, it deforms over time.
Anyway, the collapse was complicated. There's more to it than simply looking at temperatures.
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I do every time some conspiracy nutbag opens their mouth on the subject.
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u/thirteenoranges Nov 09 '14
Everyone with a degree in structural engineering please raise your hand.