Skyscraper’s Amazing Stabilizing Ball

July 17, 2008

The idea behind a tuned mass damper is quite simple: as a building sways (resulting from high winds, earthquakes etc), its tuned mass damper, essentially a finely tuned and ridiculously heavy pendulum, will move in opposition to the structure’s oscillations and minimize any movement.” w/ photos + video

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