Engineering Structures

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Engineering Structures

• Tallest Buildings and Gustave Eiffel

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Tallest Structure

• KVLY-TV Mast (Fargo, ND)
• 629m or 2,063ft

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Tallest Structure Debate

• The current tallest structures do not support
  their own weight.
• What about teathered balloons or aerostats?
• How should we define the tallest structure?

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CTBUH Tallest Building Categories

• Height to the structural or architectural top
  (including spires and pinnacles, but not
  antennas, masts or flagpoles)
• Height to the highest occupied floor
• Height to the top of the roof
• Height to the top of antenna

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Petronius Platform

• Deepwater oil platform operated by Chevron in the
  Gulf of Mexico.
• 610m or 2,001ft
• The tower can deflect nearly 2 of its height
  whereas normal buildings are kept to .5
• .02 x 2,001 40.02ft!

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Tallest
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The Eiffel Tower

• Constructed for the centinneal celebration of the
  French Revolution.
• 324m or 1063ft

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Construction

• No clear mathematical explanation for its unique
  and peculiar construction.
• Was built on-the-fly in 29 sections.