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Taipei 101 Damper Movement
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:47 am
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:47 am
The Taipei 101's 720 ton steel damper set a record moving more than 3 feet from it's resting spot in the recent Typhoon Soudelor:
Gizmodo - Force of Typhoon Soudelor
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It might not look as extreme as a 747 being lifted off the ground, but consider that the amount of movement you’re seeing here is directly related to the amount one of the biggest skyscrapers on Earth was swaying, 1,671 feet above the city. Thank god for structural engineers.
Gizmodo - Force of Typhoon Soudelor
Posted on 8/12/15 at 9:52 am to NOFOX
That really is amazing. I would like to see a cross section vertically showing how this works when the building is swaying.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 11:31 am to TheEnglishman
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