With its modern skyscrapers, traditional temples, and vibrant nightlife, Taipei in Taiwan is like a “mini Tokyo” but without ...
It's been a pretty good week of weather and today was no exception. Sunshine and light winds made our 40s and 50s feel warmer.  A layer of thin cloud cover rolls in later tonight.
© F.Eveleens, via Wikipedia under CC BY 3.0 Public Markets are complex cases that beautifully combine an engineering exploration with the instigation of a beneficial ...
As we saw in Theo Nicolakis’s recent review of the Focal IWLCR Utopia and IWSUB Utopia, the French loudspeaker manufacturer has been producing top-tier in-wall speakers for years. (The current Focal ...
You may enjoy chewing gum, but if you have TMJ disorder, you should avoid it. Your jaw is the most constantly used joint in the body. Limiting excessive use of the joint and muscles alleviates ...
Basic loading of neuronal morphologies in swc and h5 file format. Extraction of the topological descriptors of tree morphologies. Visualization of neuronal trees and neurons. Plotting persistence ...
Taipei 101 takes this a step further with a massive tuned mass damper (TMD) inside the tower, which counteracts wind-induced sway and keeps the structure stable during typhoons and earthquakes. CFD ...
In this Practical Engineering video, we’re comparing theory to the real world for tuned mass dampers. Fans in Montreal loudly boo US anthem prior to Americans' 4 Nations Face-Off game vs.
Auxiliary damping comes in a number of forms. Chifley Tower in Sydney has a pendulum style tuned mass damper. The pendulum is tuned to sway at the same rate as the buildings natural frequency and dash ...