The 660-tonne mass damper located at Taipei 101. Suspended from the 92nd to the 87th floor, the pendulum sways to offset movements in the building caused by strong gusts. Its sphere, the largest damper sphere in the world, consists of 41 circular steel plates of varying diameters, each 125 mm (4.92 in) thick, welded together to form a 5.5 m (18 ft) diameter sphere. On 8 August 2015, strong winds from Typhoon Soudelor swayed the main damper by 39 inches – the largest movement ever recorded by the damper.
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