Well, only if the frame of the building held. Everything I've read and seen claims that the Tower only had an external frame, there was no internal frame, and the collapse occurred because the center of the building couldn't withstand the forces above it because of the loss of the structural integrity, which caused the building to collapse from the center, and the force of the collapse of the center brought the steel frame down.
I'm not a structural engineer but that makes sense to me. According to a Discover Channel show, the tower had an internal and external frame, they where a pair of concentric rings. XXXXXXXXXXX X X X XXX X X X X X X XXX X X X XXXXXXXXXXX As apposed to an older grid of supports. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X The inner support columns where tied to the outer support columns with cross members that also formed the sub-strait of the floors. It is these that failed. They did not fail from the collision, but from the subsequent jet fuel fire. They had a spray on fire retardant, but nobody had considered the case of them being hit by 10's of thousands pound grenades. The explosion and shrapnel of the plane collisions blew off the fire retardant; decreasing the time the cross supports could resist the fire. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA --------- | 1 | | --------- Binary Soduko | | | --------- "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213911 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
