Ferris Wheels
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| # | Name | Country | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ain Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 260 m |
| 2 | High Roller | USA | 167.6000 m |
| 3 | Singapore Flyer | Singapore | 160 m |
| 4 | Star of Nanchang | China | 160 m |
| 5 | Sun of Moscow | Russia | 140 m |
| 6 | London Eye | United Kingdom | 135 m |
| 7 | Bay Glory | China | 128 m |
| 8 | Sky Dream | Taiwan | 126 m |
| 9 | Orlando Eye | USA | 122 m |
| 10 | Suzhou Ferris Wheel | China | 120 m |
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World’s biggest transportable Ferris wheel celebrates "topping-out"
In mid-April 2019 Hi-Sky Munich, the world’s biggest transportable Ferris wheel, will celebrate its maiden ride. The gigantic masts of the new attraction meanwhile tower up into the sky above the Werksvierte ... [more]
Literature
- (2014): Construction of the Las Vegas High Roller Observation Wheel. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014, pp. 2349-2356.
- (2016): Giant Observation Wheel in Bangkok. Presented at: IABSE Conference: Bridges and Structures Sustainability - Seeking Intelligent Solutions, Guangzhou, China, 8-11 May 2016, pp. 409-414.
- (2014): The Las Vegas High Roller: the world's largest observation wheel. Presented at: IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014, pp. 2357-2364.
- (2009): The Singapore Flyer and Design of Giant Observation Wheels. In: Structural Engineering International, v. 19, n. 1 (February 2009), pp. 12-16.
- (2018): Stability and Adequate Bracing Design of Pretensioned Cable-Braced Inverted-Y-Shaped Ferris Wheel Support System Using Matrix Structural Second-Order Analysis Approach. In: Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), v. 144, n. 10 (October 2018), pp. 04018194.
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