00:00Hurricane winds slam the Shanghai Tower,
00:03threatening to snap the towering skyscraper like a twig.
00:07How does a massive 632-meter glass giant survive Category 5 typhoons
00:13without cracking its massive exterior window panels?
00:17Common Sense says a straight, rigid box blocks wind best,
00:21but flat walls act like giant sails.
00:24The tower twists 120 degrees as it rises,
00:28tricking incoming gales into sliding smoothly around the curved glass.
00:33Shutting nearly a quarter of wind drag loads
00:35keeps the entire structure upright during hurricane season.
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