What value safety factors exceed to prevent pancake collapse


In the section of a tall building shown in the the Figure, the infrastructure of any given floor K must support the weight W of all higher floors. Normally the infrastructure is constructed with a safety factors so that it can withstand an even greater downward force of sW. If however, the support columns between K and L suddenly collapse and allow the higher floors to free-fall together onto floor K, the force in the collision can exceed sW and, after a brief pause, cause K to collapse onto floor J, which collapses on floor I, and so on until the ground is reached. Assume that the floors are separated by d=4.0m and have the same mass. Also assurne that when the floors above K free-fall onto K, the collision lasts 1.5ms. Under these simplified conditions, what value must the safety factors exceed to prevent pancake collapse of the building?

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