General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Vertical cantilever structure |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Research / testing tower |
| Construction method: |
Slipforming |
| Material: |
Reinforced concrete tower |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 146 m |
Materials
| shaft |
reinforced concrete
|
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Chronology
| 6 April 1988 | Construction begins. |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Fallturm Bremen is a drop tower at the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity at the University of Bremen in Bremen. It was built between 1988 and 1990, and includes a 122-metre-high drop tube (actual drop distance is 110 m), in which for 4.74 seconds (with release of the drop capsule), or for over 9 seconds (with the use of a catapult, installed in 2004) weightlessness can be produced. The entire tower, formed out of a reinforced concrete shank, is 146 metres high.
The 122-metre drop tube is free-standing within the concrete shell, in order to prevent the transmission of wind-induced vibrations, which could otherwise result in the airtight drop capsule hitting the walls. The drop tube is pumped down prior to every free-fall experiment to about 10 Pa (~ 1/10 000 atmosphere). Evacuation takes about 1.5 hours.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Fallturm Bremen" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20011081 - Published on:
29/12/2003 - Last updated on:
04/10/2016
