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Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, world`s longest suspension bridge.

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4/25/2008 7:26:35 AM

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bm28651 : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

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259 days 7 hours ago...

Great way to simulate an earthquake. but dont do that on a boat.

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GB! : LVL 65: VP 5: said:

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259 days 4 hours ago...

Quake-proof, unsinkable...

Just give mother nature some time.

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stbasdf : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

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259 days 2 hours ago...

that`s one fricken long bridge. i remember it being all over the news when they were building it. i believe most newer skyscrapers use similar swinging weights at the top floors to reduce swaying from winds. i stood next to some before, they`re pretty big

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tony : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

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258 days 22 hours ago...

had they all stood on the bridge they would have been ok.

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mcbarker : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

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258 days 18 hours ago...

The swaying towers are a result of the lateral force of the earthquake applied at the base of the tower. The swaying itself is due to the period of vibration of the steel. Dampers can be used to counteract the period of vibration but, more often than not, another material with an opposite period of vibration is incorporated, along with the steel, to counteract the swaying . . . if anyone cares.

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silentsky : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

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258 days 9 hours ago...

Man, they`d have to be pay me ALOT to sway the damn bridge for testing.

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zero10iz : LVL 23: VP 3.2: said:

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257 days 11 hours ago...

what if they used 1,000 people instead of 100?

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Godspeedyoo : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

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257 days 10 hours ago...

can`t protect it against meteor attacks!

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RockGuitarist309 : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

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257 days 10 hours ago...

So it can withstand a shot from a rail gun? Or is it only protected through Quake 1?

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mph_ragnarok : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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257 days 7 hours ago...

LOL leave it to the japanese to use people to simulate the quake with a waving flag

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Vidder : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

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257 days 6 hours ago...

imagine if the thing didn`t work...and when the workers all swayed back and forth together it all went down?...hahaha.

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themanthemanman : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

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257 days 5 hours ago...

As a Civil Engineer...
Hydraulic dampers are definitely used in high-rise buildings to compensate for wind loads and earthquakes. There is also a system which has a huge weight (a pendulum) which counter-acts the force, not using hydraulics, but using the static weight to act the other way of the force.
Its a really sweet thing. Really great cutting-edge stuff. :D

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k96gnome : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

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257 days 4 hours ago...

You can`t dampen Godzilla...

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knivestv : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

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257 days 2 hours ago...

How on earth do people build these things?

The mind boggles.....

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Caramelman : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

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256 days 23 hours ago...

Longest bridge on earth? we have a 13km bridge here in canada in the eastern provinces

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