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--- FOOTAGE CREDITS (Educational Fair Use) ---
• Footage courtesy: Uchida-lab — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffrK8LBzt-Y
• Footage courtesy: Dominic Nicolai (@dominicnicolai8094) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hffyIEZD57E

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00:00Violent air currents slam into megatowers, turning steady breezes into twisting shockwaves.
00:06As wind wraps around flat concrete walls, spinning air whirlpools snap off in chaotic rhythms.
00:13This dangerous effect, called vortex shedding, creates side forces that violently hammer structural steel frames.
00:21Engineers carve secret beveled corners and tapered edges to slice the incoming airflow apart cleanly.
00:28Asymmetrical setbacks stagger the pressure wake, neutralizing resonant harmonics before structural fatigue occurs.
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