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Tallest Tokyo office tower is simply framed to resist quakes
Construction of 36-story office building in Tokyo is fabricated of long-span castellated steel beams from ordinary H-beams; use of three-story high rolled H-columns; prewelding three stories of double spandrel beams to three-story-high exterior column sections for fast erection; concrete walls have narrow vertical slits filled with asbestos for flexibility under earthquake stresses; after floor installation, workers glued asbestos panels onto steel members for fireproofing; panels, ranging in thickness from 1 to 2.2 in. are not affected by heat up to 1480 F.
Tallest Tokyo office tower is simply framed to resist quakes
Construction of 36-story office building in Tokyo is fabricated of long-span castellated steel beams from ordinary H-beams; use of three-story high rolled H-columns; prewelding three stories of double spandrel beams to three-story-high exterior column sections for fast erection; concrete walls have narrow vertical slits filled with asbestos for flexibility under earthquake stresses; after floor installation, workers glued asbestos panels onto steel members for fireproofing; panels, ranging in thickness from 1 to 2.2 in. are not affected by heat up to 1480 F.
Tallest Tokyo office tower is simply framed to resist quakes
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 180
1968
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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