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In the World Trade Center case, critics contend the engineering society
wrongly concluded skyscrapers cannot withstand getting hit by
airplanes. ...
Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, a structural engineer and forensics expert,
contends his computer simulations disprove the society's findings that
skyscrapers could not be designed to withstand the impact of a
jetliner.
Astaneh-Asl, who received money from the National Science Foundation to investigate the collapse, insisted most New York skyscrapers built with traditional designs would survive such an impact and prevent the kind of fires that brought down the twin towers.
He also questioned the makeup of the society's investigation
team. On the team were the wife of the trade center's structural
engineer and a representative of the buildings' original design team.
"I call this moral corruption," said Astaneh-Asl, who is on the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_re_us/embattled_engineers
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T, did you see my last post? key phrase here is:
insisted most New York skyscrapers built with traditional designs would survive such an impact and prevent the kind of fires that brought down the twin towers.
Oops not until now
oops - no not until now.
I did notice the key phrase. But being unfamiliar with his work & knowing how these articles (and well funded research studies) get written, I wouldn't be surprised if Astaneh-Asl is a truther whose conclusions need to be spun before appearing in print. And even if he isn't, well hey it's just another limited hangout article for the masses to pass over.
I believe some computer simulations have shown a localized collapse in the WTC towers would have been arrested by the lower structure. Indeed in the 1993 bombing there was a localized collapse of structural elements that did not lead to a chain reaction & more catastrophic failure.
But I apologize for posting before reading!
-T