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- From: leb@violet.ccit.arizona.edu (BASEL, LESLIE)
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- Subject: Re: Oscillation of skyscrapers
- Message-ID: <25DEC199220122479@violet.ccit.arizona.edu>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 03:12:00 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.161420.581@microsoft.com> <1992Dec21.224054.9531@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <Bzq2D7.F0I@geovision.gvc.com>
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- >>ObUL: Some important buildings in quake prone areas are supported
- >>on fat rubber shock absorbers.
- >Most, in fact. One of my class-mates (University of Waterloo, Civil
- >Engineering 1985) did his masters work with a research company in Japan doing
- >active earthquake damping - shoving big wieghts around in the tops of
- >buildings to counteract the effects of the building moving.
- >
- >ObUL: The process of revolving a restaurant causes the cost of the food to
- >go up by 20%, and the quality to go down 15%
- >
- >--
- >Paul Tomblin, pt@compass.gvc.com
- >(This is not an official opinion/statement of GeoVision Systems Inc.)
- >Anybody who doesn't wear a helmet when biking probably _will_ have their head
- >examined - by a coroner
-
-
- There is a building in Vancouver, B.C. Canada that was built from the
- top down as a means of making it earthquake proof.
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- Rodger "before you flame, read the ps" Coghlan
-
- Ps the central support was built as deep into the ground as it was high
- for stability and the building is suspended from the support, with
- all sorts of dampers in the center and HUGE rollers below the ground
- level floor.
-