The Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science - Department of ...
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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Ethics</strong> <strong>Center</strong>: Exploring the Effects <strong>of</strong> Quartering WindsShaken, LeMessurier reviewed old wind-tunnel tests <strong>of</strong> the building's design against his new quarteringwindcalculations (these tests had modeled a large part <strong>of</strong> midtown Manhattan), and found that underadverse weather conditions, the tower's bracing system would be put under even further stress. <strong>The</strong>innovative tuned-mass damper, designed to reduce the building's normal slight swaying, was notdesigned to keep the building from being blown down in a major storm; this further worriedLeMessurier.Continue on to Part 5Go back to Part 3Continue on to Part 2Back to LeMessurier Main Pagehttp://onlineethics.org/moral/lemessurier/4.html (2 <strong>of</strong> 2) [10/13/2004 1:44:47 PM]
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