Scale that up, a lot, and you have a mass damper ... But a traditional damper wasn't good enough for the new Shanghai Tower. At 2,073 feet it's the second tallest building in the world, after ...

This year, Shanghai Tower, the world's second-tallest building ... workers used a crane to stack steel plates and build a 1,200-ton, tuned-mass damper near the top of the tower.

“Shanghai … is a city for the 22nd ... where the building’s tuned mass damper – which stablizes the tower, and is normally hidden out of sight – can be seen. Franglen calls the symphonic ...

This is where the ‘tuned mass’ damper system of the 2,073-foot Shanghai Tower comes into play. The physics of the damper work exactly as normal — a 1,000 ton weight hangs from steel cables.

Image: Someformofhuman/Creative Commons The 728-ton globe is a tuned mass damper ... in Shanghai, the sail-shaped Burj al-Arab luxury hotel in Dubai, and One Rincon Hill South Tower in San ...

Shanghai Tower: A Crown For The City's Futuristic ... workers used a crane to stack steel plates and build a 1,200-ton, tuned-mass damper near the top of the tower. The damper is computerized ...

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