Taiwan High Speed Rail

Yun Lin, Taiwan

ABOUT

Location Yun Lin, Taiwan

Building Type Aerial Viaduct

Number of Dampers 34

Structural Engineer CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc., Taiwan

General Contractor Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC)

Owner Railway Bureau

PRODUCTS USED

FVDs

SYSTEM

Direct Acting Damping

CATEGORY

Bridge

Fluid Viscous Dampers (FVDs) were used in this project for a new bridge section in the Taiwan High Speed Rail system, completed in 2003. This concrete aerial viaduct project used 34, 4,000 kN FVDs with ±5” of stroke. These units were used across expansion joints to control movement during earthquakes and train breaking.