Earthquake Engineering Maths
Take 2:
Structural Engineer Ron Klemencic explained on the Discover News that a simple rule of thumb for calculating skyscraper sway was to simply divide the buildings height in by 500 because the building codes demand the building fit a 1:500 sway ratio.
The tallest building in the world at 2,716 feet (828m), the Burj Khalifa, Dubai, would sway back and forth about 5.5 feet or 1.7 m.
Ahhhhhhhhh! But you would have to drag Mathspig onto the 168th floor screaming.
But mathspigs you can work out the sway on the top ten tall buildings in the world.