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Technological University of Panama
Metropolitan Campus Dr. Víctor Levi Sasso
Civil Engineering
Final Exam
Professor:
Montilla, Milly
Name:
Sánchez, Ana Eliza
8-866-2193
Group:1IC122
Date:
July 20, 2012
Taipei 101
Taipei 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Taipei, Taiwan. Construction began in 1997and was completed in about 7 years.
Taipei 101 is a building with 106 floors (5 floors underground and 101 above ground level), located in Taipei (Taiwan). The spire that crowns its 509 meters heightmakes it the fourth tallest skyscraper in the world.
A multi-level shopping mall adjoining the tower houses hundreds of fashionable stores, restaurants and clubs.
Taipei 101 is designed to withstandthe typhoon winds and earthquake tremors common in its area of the Asia-Pacific. Planners aimed for a structure that could withstand gale winds of 60 m/s (197 ft/s, 216 km/h, 134 mph) and thestrongest earthquakes likely to occur in a 2,500 year cycle.
The Skyscraper must be flexible in strong winds yet remain rigid enough to prevent large sideways movement (lateral drift). Flexibility preventsstructural damage while resistance ensures comfort for the occupants and protection of glass, curtain walls and other features.
The significant absorption capacity of mass movement of this structurelies in a mass damper consists of a giant steel ball 680 golden ton composed of metal plates on the floor 92 which is suspended on tension from its upper and at its base attached with hydraulic pumps,being the largest and heaviest in the world.
When the building moves in one direction makes the damper in the opposite direction absorbing energy of movement serving as a counterweight againstmechanical vibrations and stabilizing the building limiting them. It is divided into 8 segments of 8 floors and is the only buffer that is visible to the general public.
The extraordinary height of...
Metropolitan Campus Dr. Víctor Levi Sasso
Civil Engineering
Final Exam
Professor:
Montilla, Milly
Name:
Sánchez, Ana Eliza
8-866-2193
Group:1IC122
Date:
July 20, 2012
Taipei 101
Taipei 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Taipei, Taiwan. Construction began in 1997and was completed in about 7 years.
Taipei 101 is a building with 106 floors (5 floors underground and 101 above ground level), located in Taipei (Taiwan). The spire that crowns its 509 meters heightmakes it the fourth tallest skyscraper in the world.
A multi-level shopping mall adjoining the tower houses hundreds of fashionable stores, restaurants and clubs.
Taipei 101 is designed to withstandthe typhoon winds and earthquake tremors common in its area of the Asia-Pacific. Planners aimed for a structure that could withstand gale winds of 60 m/s (197 ft/s, 216 km/h, 134 mph) and thestrongest earthquakes likely to occur in a 2,500 year cycle.
The Skyscraper must be flexible in strong winds yet remain rigid enough to prevent large sideways movement (lateral drift). Flexibility preventsstructural damage while resistance ensures comfort for the occupants and protection of glass, curtain walls and other features.
The significant absorption capacity of mass movement of this structurelies in a mass damper consists of a giant steel ball 680 golden ton composed of metal plates on the floor 92 which is suspended on tension from its upper and at its base attached with hydraulic pumps,being the largest and heaviest in the world.
When the building moves in one direction makes the damper in the opposite direction absorbing energy of movement serving as a counterweight againstmechanical vibrations and stabilizing the building limiting them. It is divided into 8 segments of 8 floors and is the only buffer that is visible to the general public.
The extraordinary height of...
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