2018 Professor News Today

Imminent failure mechanism for this structure. because the tower that came down, came down on itself. its almost like a controlled demolition. and, you know, there are several ways that can happen. the column can fail. punch and shear could have happened. the foundation could have given way. we also need to check the original design. was this structure well-designed? folks might say that the building has been standing for 40 years. so was the i-35 bridge. it stood for 50 years, and coll collapse...

In 2018. >> professor, you know, youre right about the bridge, and youre right about -- as we looked at that video, we saw the video of this structure, this condo collapse and pancake, as you said, almost like a controlled demolition. so when you see the images, the before and after, what stands out to you? >> what stands out to me is that, like i said, i mentioned those, you know, three possible failure scenarios that could have caused the center portion to collapse. the thing that stood out to...