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Offline rtvc2012

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Would the Sears Tower have survived 9/11?
« on: March 10, 2013, 05:50:16 pm »
My guess is yes, because it narrows as it goes up, and by extension is not as "top heavy" as the WTC.  Also, most of the structural integrity is in the core of the building, as opposed to the twin towers, where most of the building's support was in the steel exoskeleton.
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Re: Would the Sears Tower have survived 9/11?
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2013, 06:02:56 pm »
Survive as in remaining more or less standing from the bottom upwards, maybe.   Depending on where the impact/explosion would be the thinner top area may get knocked off.
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Re: Would the Sears Tower have survived 9/11?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2013, 06:05:26 pm »
As I don't have a degree in structural engineering, I'm going to say I have no idea.
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Re: Would the Sears Tower have survived 9/11?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2013, 08:17:20 pm »
Given that engineering standards have become more precise since then, it's possible, but odds are it would have needed to come down afterward due to fire damage if not the impact.

Precise standards mean that what we build will stand up to what we intend it to stand up to(hence the pentagon taking the same kind of plane and leaving a 10 foot hole rather than  awing gone), we didn't build the towers to take a plane broadside.
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