burj al-arab.pptx
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BURJ AL-ARAB (THE ARAB TOWER)
BY AHMAD ALSHAKARGI AND YASEEN EL-GERWI
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Introduction
World tallest hotel (1053 ft)
Most luxuries hotel (seven stars)
28 double height floor (23 ft height)
Built on private island
Became a symbol for Dubai
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Architect Designed by Tom Wills-Wright
Needed unique design (simple)
Shaped like a sail (sign of
tourism)
Rise out of the water
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Engineering aspects
The Island
Foundation
Steel Trusses
Electric Load
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The Island
Man Made 280 Meters offshore 7.5 Meters high Shaped like Triangle November 1995
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Foundation
Not connected to bed rock Sand Skin Friction 250 Foundation piles 40 meters deep
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Trusses Protect from wind and earthquake
Building and transporting trusses
Lifting trusses
Steel expand problem
Design special fixing
Idea of engine camshaft
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Electric Load
8 kw for suite (8 times European suite)
52,000 lights, 3,106 miles cables, advance
service
Huge load cause harmonic distortion
Cause melting in cable (burn entire
building)
Electric engineer design harmonic filter
Detect distortion and cancel it
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References Burj Al Arab (2006) Wikipedia®. Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_al_arab Dubai's dream palace Burj Al Arab Documentary (May 19,
2012). [video file]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l2LhpyJfkg
Hammond Richard (Feb 10, 2012). Richard Hammond'sEngineering Connections - (S03E01) Burj Al Arab[video file]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dXsr0WfxQ
Pourabedain Ehsan (Feb 23, 2008) Burj Al Arab Construction. SlideShare Inc. Retrieved frohttp://www.slideshare.net/persiankingdom/burj-al-arab278856#btnNext
Alshakargi Abdulilah, personal communication, Nov 18, 2012
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