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Old Posted Mar 1, 2016, 10:19 PM
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Waving in the wind

Tried to wait a couple weeks before my next question, hope that is long enough.
How much does the Burj Khalifa sway in a good wind? An inch? A foot? A yard?
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Old Posted Mar 2, 2016, 2:05 AM
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About two meters at the very top.
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Old Posted Mar 2, 2016, 3:35 PM
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About two meters at the very top.
What angle would this make the floor tilt?
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Old Posted Mar 4, 2016, 3:04 AM
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What angle would this make the floor tilt?
very, very little. it's mostly displacement, not rotation. concrete isn't very stretchy, but it can be designed to bend a bit.
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Old Posted Mar 4, 2016, 8:47 PM
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Applying some basic trigonometry, assuming that the top floor at 584.5 m sways a maximum of 2 m (which I doubt since he said "at the top" which is 828 m but anyway...) you're talking an angle of .18 or eight hundredths of a degree.

If we're talking about the actual top moving that much, you're looking at only .13 degrees.
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