Structural mechanization of giant observation wheels
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
John Lyle
Nicholas Christie |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Engineering for Progress, Nature and People, Madrid, Spain, 3-5 September 2014 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Madrid 2014 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 2341-2348 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2014 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137814814069048 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The innovative design required to mechanize any large movable structure creates a high profile for engineering and can inspire opportunities for increasingly more creative kinetic architecture in buildings, sports stadia and bridge engineering. The Vegas High Roller is the latest in the evolution of modern observation wheels with the London Eye and Singapore Flyer being notable precursors. Located in Las Vegas, the High Roller is arguably the most innovative and, at 167,6m high, currently the largest observation wheel in the world. It also has the largest capacity of any observation wheel, carrying 1120 people per 30 minute revolution. This paper discusses the Vegas High Roller‟s mechanization systems, and how they address the particular demands of the project. It covers the challenges of designing a large moving structure for the desert environment, the interface between moving and static elements, details of the bearing arrangement, and the use of factory based development testing. The paper also covers the procurement methodology. The paper should be read with the companion papers [1] and [2]. |
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| Keywords: |
ferris wheel design-build kinetic Architecture spherical roller bearings giant observation wheel movable structures mechanization
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