[Greenbuilding] Building suspension systems...
Gordon Howell -- Howell Mayhew Engineering
ghowell at hme.ca
Fri Sep 2 14:33:44 CDT 2011
Kat:
The World Trade Centre towers had huge concrete anti-sway stabilizers
way up at the top that were computer-controlled to move at specific
frequencies and kept the towers from swaying and causing people to
feel nauseous.
+Gordon
>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 19:40:10 -0400 (EDT)
>From: molasses at q.com
>To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] cars have suspension systems, why don't
>houses in earthquake zones? Or do some?
>
>I remember some time way back hearing about how some skyscrapers
>have rubber things at the bottom that allow them to sway without
>snapping - so basically, yes - but only on really huge buildings
>that move all the time. My guess is it'd be cost-prohibitive on anything else?
>
>-Kat
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