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BS session 11

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Tube-in-Tube   braced inner core added to the perimeter tube to improve shear stiffness and lateral stability  
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1 shell plaza in Houston, Texas   -perimeter had closely space columns -one of the first light weight concrete buildings -tubes are tied together with deep concrete spandrel beams -at the corners they came up with waffle slabs -it helped with the torsion  
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Perforated shell tube   a tube with perimeter shear walls with less than 30% of the surface area perforated by openings * Mad (museum of American design) * Sinosteel international plaza o Tianjian, China o Use various sizes of hexagons to perfor  
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Trussed tube   a tube with trussed wall frames of widely spaced columns tied together by diagonal or cross bracing  
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Lattice trussed tube   a tube with the perimeter space frame with diagonals and no vertical columns  
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Damping mechanisms   mechanical devices installed in tall buildings to progressively eliminate and or diminish the vibratory or oscillatory motion that can cause buildings to collapse  
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Wind dampening mechanisms   the primary device is the tuned mass damper  
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