2006-06-19 14:41:27 · 14 answers · asked by steven k 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
No it was built to take hurricane wind and earthquakes.
During an interview in August 2001 the designer did comment that if a half fueled 707 were to fly into the tower it would stand.
2006-06-19 19:16:31 · answer #1 · answered by Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Yes, it was designed to survive the impact of a Boeing 707, (the largest jet at the time) but the 757s that hit the towers are much bigger.
2) The towers were designed to survive the FORCE of the impact of the airplane, and they did. They didn't fall when they were hit, but stood for quite some time (allowing thousands of people to escape)
3) The impact of the plane blew the spray on fire proofing off of all the structural steel, which is a scenario that no one ever predicted.
4) Once all the fire-proofing was gone, the huge quantities of burning jet fuel (which reached temperatures over 1400 degrees F) softened the steel trusses, allowing them to sag and pull away from the outer walls, thus collapsing the building.
2006-06-19 15:05:27 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-13 17:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it was built specifically for that, but I know it was supposed to have a lot better heat resistance. I watched a show on it one time, about what they were doing when they rebuilt a substitute building, and they were saying one of the flaws of the old one had to do something with the beams or how they were laid out or something. As with everything else in the world, it's hard to be perfect even if you try.
2006-06-19 14:47:11 · answer #4 · answered by TelleyJade 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and No. With the technology of that time, there was no way to foresee such a disaster would occur. And there was no way to test or prove their theory's that it could take a hit from a much smaller 707 (largest airplane built at that time) and if they did, it would have to be virtually indestructible and therefore to heavy to be that tall.
2006-06-19 17:09:36 · answer #5 · answered by jafnarf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The WTC was designed to take the crash of a Boeing 707.
2006-06-19 14:55:53 · answer #6 · answered by williegod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it was made to but only for the biggest jet of the time it was made. over the years the planes got bigger so it could not hold up to the now-days jets full of fuel
2006-06-19 14:50:02 · answer #7 · answered by daniel b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously it was not, Engineers design buildings to withstand earthquake and wind loads and not temperatures caused by searing heat. The 911 incident have made several structural and civil engineering schools to reconsider revising their curriculum on such...
2006-06-19 15:42:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but it was made to take a 727 not a 747 jet air liner
2006-06-19 20:49:56 · answer #9 · answered by cindy_constable 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not a jet plane that had just been filled with jet fuel-very flammable stuff
2006-06-19 14:45:18 · answer #10 · answered by purplekristi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋