How a steel ball ‘damper’ protected Taipei 101 from Taiwan earthquake
When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, people inside the island’s tallest skyscraper, Taipei 101, were protected by a large yellow pendulum at the building’s center that helped absorb the shock. Known as a “tuned mass damper” the 730-ton steel sphere is suspended between several floors at the top of the building, where it … Read more