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The World's Largest Tuned Mass Damper in Taipei 101 [video] (youtube.com)
6 points by tomkwok on Aug 9, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Dumb question: What exactly is this for?

Edit: "Taipei 101 skyscraper is protected by a large pendulum or big tuned mass damper weighing nearly 800 tons, that moves to compensate for the movement of the building so as not to collapse."


This appears to be due to winds from typhoon Soudelor.


just imagine watching that shit moving the first time, hoping the engineers didnt made a miscalculation




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