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How Taiwan’s Taipei 101, country’s tallest skyscraper, stands tall amid earthquakesDespite the widespread damage to structures across the country, Taipei 101, once the tallest skyscraper in the world, remained unscathed. While the 1,667-foot-tall tower slightly swayed during the ...
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Steel Ball saviour: How Taipei 101, Taiwan's tallest skyscraper, battles earthquakesTaipei 101's construction, combining reinforced concrete ... effectively absorbs kinetic energy and safeguards the tower from structural failure. It is often used in earthquake engineering to ...
World No.1 tower runner Soh Wai Ching was also at the event. Fresh from his victory at the Taipei 101 tower running competition, Soh said he hoped to set a new record. “There are three rounds in ...
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