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*12x5" beams allow 24' spans | *12x5" beams allow 24' spans holding about 20 tons of weight. | ||
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Revision as of 20:19, 31 October 2021
I Beam Sizes and Spans
- 12x5" beams allow 24' spans holding about 20 tons of weight.
Failure Modes
- Fire protective coating on floor beams, and flexible vertical columns were found in the WTC collapse, according to the official reports. [1]. Heat was from molten aluminum (20 tons of aluminum per plane) reacting with water. Molten aluminum in water are explosive. Lesson: do not build aluminum buildings [2].