Expain the pancake theory and why the floors didn't slow down exponentially as one hit the other.
2007-02-19 17:17:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Sorry, I can't explain the pancake theory, because the pancake theory doesn't hold water!!!! Only at free fall speed could those buildings have come down so fast, and only controlled demolition makes that possible!!!
2007-02-19 17:45:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
In most tall buildings, there is a central support from bottom to top. That was not the case with the WTC towers. The support was around the outside of the buildings which was thought to be quite innovative at the time they were built. As the outside beams melted and expanded, support was totally lost and the floors collapsed downward. Without central support, there was nothing to stop or slow the downward pressure.
2007-02-20 01:30:38 · answer #2 · answered by Lin S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
weight and momentum.
Theyve showed that the initial blast knocked off the anti-burning protection on the beams, and in time the supporting beams heated up to the point that they couldnt bear the weight, distorted then gave way.
Once a few floors's supporting beams gave way, it was merely a matter of excess weight and the momentum of the weight.
Which makes sense. I dont dispute how the buildings fell, I only dispute why they fell, with all the intel we had that could have prevented it from occuring
No need to really question the strength of a bomb, when more importantly its who placed the bomb there in the first place that should concern everyone.
Then why havent we efforted to bring those to justice.
2007-02-20 01:26:07 · answer #3 · answered by writersbIock2006 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They didn't. The impact of all the falling mass from upper floors collapsed each floor as it struck, as is evident from even a cursory view of the photography. Had the airplanes hit the buildings higher up than they did, they might not have collapsed.
2007-02-20 01:27:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably the first floor that gave way was at the level of impact, not from the top floor. The combined weight of the upper floors ramroded each successive level below the impact.
2007-02-20 01:25:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As soon as the load was heavy enough to collapse one floor, then its total weight was added to by the weight of that floor as well. So the now heavier load dropped on the next lower floor, collapsing it, and adding its weight to the falling load, so each subsequent collision of the load onto the next lower floor was a heavier total load each time. So it was bound to continue on with more and more momentum. What's interesting is why the first floor in the sequence collapsed.
2007-02-20 01:22:27 · answer #6 · answered by All hat 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You really need to have a basic understanding of dynamic stress and metalurgy as it is affected by heat. Or, you could just believe the Bush administration had the towers dynamited.
2007-02-20 01:23:18 · answer #7 · answered by AK 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
One floor falling on another and it gets heavier and heavier .
Thats the laymans version.
If you don't know the theory how can you question the math involved?
2007-02-20 01:23:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Maybe the Martians did it! Or Al Bore, I mean Al Gore!
2007-02-20 01:24:54 · answer #9 · answered by dottygoatbeagle 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
probably because u combusted on the toilet seat and lit a cigar
2007-02-20 01:20:39 · answer #10 · answered by hades hell 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋