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Structural System
In the field of civil engineering, an outrigger system is a lateral load resisting system typically used in tall buildings. Similar to an outrigger on a boat, the building outriggers function is to stabilize the building from deflecting laterally. The structural elements engaged in an outrigger truss system are shear walls (typically a reinforced concrete or steel braced core), a stiff outrigger truss, and peripheral columns. The outrigger trusses are fixed between the core and the peripheral columns such that when a lateral load causes the core to deflect and rotate, the truss rotates as well and engages the peripheral columns, which keep it from rotating by inducing a force couple opposite the moment caused by the lateral loads. Carlinnea (talk) 23:11, 19 April 2020 (UTC)