Mega high-rise elevators
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Building journal Hong Kong China, Apr, 1996, pp. 65-71
Abstract
As we turn the corner into the next millennium, a number of large engineering and development firms have already announced plans to construct mega high-rise towers---buildings with 100+ storeys and heights in excess of 450m - some with heights of 600m, 1000m, 2001m, and even 4000m envisioned. These 150 to 1000-storey, multi-use behemoths (averaging 4.0m per storey) are to be mega cities with self-contained habitats.
Just as the mile-high, 1600-m, 528-storey Illinois Office Tower---designed by Architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1956---was conceptual in nature, many of these designs are "pie-in-the-sky" dreams that could not be practically or economically built with today's techologies. However, with the development of new materials and building designs, operations and systems, such towers may become commonplace in the future. It is interesting to speculate how mega high-rise buildings would be elevatored, with the purpose of this paper being to explore practical methods, while not exceeding the physiological body limits and psychological wait-tolerance limits of the typical elevator rider.
(1) Vertical transportation
(2) The mega high-rise lift dilemma
(3) Physiological problems associated with high-speed lifts
(4) Psychological waiting-time standards
(5) Conclusion
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1996
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en