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In reply to the discussion: The Great Thermite Debate... [View all]William Seger
(11,176 posts)> Which is the same as saying: one of the two must violate the laws of physics.
Nonsense. If you have reason to believe that the FEA software used does not accurately model the laws of physics, then I'm afraid merely asserting it is insufficient. The report shows the input parameters that were adjusted, and all of them were just the initial conditions, which weren't known with any accuracy: Absolutely none of them involved adjusting any laws of physics, and none of them were unrealistic.
> You and NIST prefer it to be one and not the other but you haven't provided a demonstration why that must be the case; you simply prefer it.
Yes, I have given what I consider a very good reason: One matched the observed events and one didn't, and that did indeed demonstrate that no violation of the laws of physics were necessary to explain what was observed. You seem to be asking for proof of veracity that wouldn't be obtainable with any FEA model, which is not a valid criticism of any particular model over another.