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loads/verti
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ng thehorizontalloads. damper atthevulnerable
from thecoreand pointsi nsidethe
wi ngsto the exoskeleton.
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nstalled i
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strong lateralforcesuch asan arab
loads.
earthquakeor hi gh wi
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verticalloadsfrom the when thewi nd blows
top to thebottom and thevortexstarts
ofthestructureusi ng to createdangeros
severaldi fferent verticalloadsacrossthe vibrationsthe5tonne
aspects. building structure weightwi llswi ng
insidethestructure
4.
thestructuretransferstheverti calloads and bring down the
through thelargespine.thi sisthemostdi rect effectsofwi nd load.
wayfor theverticalload to reach theground.
5.Secondly,
verti
calloadstransferred through thetranslucentfabri cwalloftheatri
um helpsto
thecurved edge. transfer thelateralload

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