to be more specific, the test that was used to show fireproofing was dislodged involved firing a shotgun at mock fireproofed steel
the tests being used to show the floors gave way involved putting twice as much weight on them for twice as long and pumping in extra oxygen to super heat the fires ... these results still werent good enough to prove what they wanted so they came up with computer generated models
so much for your experts...
NIST reports.
http://wtc.nist.gov/reports_october05.htmyour wrong about a great many details.
1st test was used to show how much energy it would take to remove he fire proofing.
2nd test was used to find the failure rate of the steel. This was to confirm the yield strength of the steel and the temperature required for the steel to fail.
Third the model was used to explain the failure mechanism. The model proved that the building failed because of a progressive collapse.
The test performed individual function and were not used to over rule each other.
That is why the Scientific community backs up NIST, because they performed such compete testing .
Take a structures class, they do testing like this all of the time.