Karthy krishna wind analysis

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Shanghai tower

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Design team anticipated three key strategies

-the tower’s asymmetrical form its tapering profile and its round corners

-that allows the building to withstand the typhoon force wind tunnel tests

-which reduced building wind loads by 24percent.

120° optimal rotation

for minimizing wind load

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Wind turbines Wind turbines at the top of the building will power the light for the building

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The outer skinDouble curtain wall

They invented a inventive building skin that is suspended from above a massive cantilevered trusses

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Location

Lujiazui finance and trade zone,pudong district,shanghai,china

Height

632m(121ft)

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LocationLujiazui finance and trade zone,pudong district ,shanghai,china

Height

632m(121ft)