You guys are so serious I am afraid to submit any comments on your comments.
Clearly it was a carefully planned and controlled demolition. I never
thought anyone would take my comment even slightly other than
"tongue-in-cheek".
Tod
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lux
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:04 AM
> To: Tod - MN; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] omega demolition video
>
> At 07:19 AM 9/28/2005, Tod - MN wrote:
> > This clip seems to demonstrate that when towers come down
> they don't
> >fall into your neighbor's yard.
>
>
> Towers that fail at home generally don't fail by having their
> bottom section dynamited out, either. They fail under a lateral load.
>
> Take a look at the photos of the failed KSON tower in San
> Diego and the failed KGO tower in L.A. Both pretty much laid
> out in a wiggly line.
>
> In a demolition situation, it's likely the guy wires are
> still attached (if not with extra tension) to insure that it
> crumples in to a heap in the middle.
>
> In a lateral load failure, you either have a guy failure, or
> a buckle of the tower. In the former, it lays out straight
> (with some kinks, typically, because of the acceleration
> profile.. it's a classic analysis problem.. chimneys, towers,
> and pencil points all break unevenly for the same reason).
> If it buckles,then the debris will be limited to the radius
> from the guy, plus a little bit.
>
>
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