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Shear Ignorance NIST and WTC7 [View all]
The first video examines the precursor to NIST's theory of connection failure. First of all, because NIST's theory needed the composite floor in that area to fail, NIST blamed its failure on the absence of shear studs on the critical girder. We look closer at that claim.
NIST and WTC7 The Expanding Lie
The second video looks into NIST's thermal expansion theory and its effect on the steelwork of Floor 13. We discover many key errors in their calculations.
Tangled Webs NIST and WTC7
In the third video, we introduce new information about the true makeup of the connection between Column 79 and the critical girder. Had the correct items been included, NIST would have been forced to consider a different conclusion.
NIST and WTC7 maladmiNISTration
The fourth video originally was a summary of the earlier information, but soon after our third video revealed NIST's "error," NIST issued an "erratum document" which lists errors they claimed to have found in reviewing the Final Report. This document is included in our video, and as you will see, the information provided by NIST only further clouds the issue.
Link to NIST erratum document: http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=901225 (Link says unavailable due to government closure)
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