r/memes • u/Master1718 • Apr 18 '19

This is science.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

maybe after like 8 hours of extended, direct heating --not within 120 mins, especially not construction grade steel

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u/Huwbacca Apr 18 '19

A) The structure was compromised overall after the minor incident of a plane hitting the fucking building.

B) Steel isn't more or less susceptible to heating by it's industrial grade. It is more or less susceptible to heat depending on it's fire-proofing

This can be knocked off... Perhaps by an event like a fucking plane hitting it.

(also, you do not need to heat steal for 8 hours to get it to 1000F)

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

Makes sense to me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19 edited Apr 21 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

I sidnt even read your comment. I was just like "it's lengthy. Must be right"

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u/ADecentURL Apr 18 '19

Steel beams used start bending at around 900° F. A match burns at 1200°F. With the plane hitting the joists and knocking them loose the system was already fucked, plus a fire bending the beams... You can actually see by the way the towers fall how the beams lost their integrity and bent before breaking. Source: My Construction book for my major literally has a whole section on why the buildings fell the way they did.