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Singapore's "jewel" resting on spherical bearings

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Jewel Changi Airport: The world’s largest indoor waterfall drops 40 meters in the Jewel at Changi Airport. The waterfall and the roof and façade structures are supported pendulum supports (upper right of the picture). On the left you can see the railroad line of the airport express train.

The support bearings accommodate up to 8,000 kN of structural load and rotations of up to 1.5%. They are situated on the upper level of the building.

Seltener Anblick: ein Kalottenlager im Grünen

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