![What keeps Taipei 101 steady during earthquakes and typhoons?|Politics & Society|2019-04-24|web only What keeps Taipei 101 steady during earthquakes and typhoons?|Politics & Society|2019-04-24|web only](https://cdn-cw-english.cwg.tw/article/201904/article-5cc01f26322e3.png)
What keeps Taipei 101 steady during earthquakes and typhoons?|Politics & Society|2019-04-24|web only
![This 660-ton pendulum protects Taipei 101 from earthquakes and typhoons. Similar technology is used in many other skyscrapers around the world : r/MechanicalEngineer This 660-ton pendulum protects Taipei 101 from earthquakes and typhoons. Similar technology is used in many other skyscrapers around the world : r/MechanicalEngineer](https://preview.redd.it/this-660-ton-pendulum-protects-taipei-101-from-earthquakes-v0-2nvjryqqi08b1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c5e2a17fdc539109e2d3688d0e905352076fa6af)
This 660-ton pendulum protects Taipei 101 from earthquakes and typhoons. Similar technology is used in many other skyscrapers around the world : r/MechanicalEngineer
![a) Taipei 101 with a sphere-shaped tuned mass damper [3] (b) Shanghai... | Download Scientific Diagram a) Taipei 101 with a sphere-shaped tuned mass damper [3] (b) Shanghai... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340910244/figure/fig1/AS:884019826814976@1587778159133/a-Taipei-101-with-a-sphere-shaped-tuned-mass-damper-3-b-Shanghai-World-Financial.png)
a) Taipei 101 with a sphere-shaped tuned mass damper [3] (b) Shanghai... | Download Scientific Diagram
![David Cogen on X: "The "heart" of Taipei 101. This giant ball is a counterweight that helps make the Taipei 101 skyscraper able to withstand tsunamis by countering the winds pushing the David Cogen on X: "The "heart" of Taipei 101. This giant ball is a counterweight that helps make the Taipei 101 skyscraper able to withstand tsunamis by countering the winds pushing the](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dr5riopWkAArz1U.jpg:large)
David Cogen on X: "The "heart" of Taipei 101. This giant ball is a counterweight that helps make the Taipei 101 skyscraper able to withstand tsunamis by countering the winds pushing the
![Taipei Expats on X: "A giant golden ball hangs suspended beneath the observatory deck of Taipei 101. This is the “wind damper.” It generates reaction force to negate shock or vibration caused Taipei Expats on X: "A giant golden ball hangs suspended beneath the observatory deck of Taipei 101. This is the “wind damper.” It generates reaction force to negate shock or vibration caused](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EX8yeEsXsAIZMhC.jpg:large)