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BY AHMAD ALSHAKARGI AND YASEEN EL-GERWI. Burj al- arab (The Arab Tower). 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. Architect . Designed by Tom Wills-Wright - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BURJ AL-ARAB (THE ARAB TOWER)
BY AHMAD ALSHAKARGI AND YASEEN EL-GERWI
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
Architect Designed by Tom Wills-Wright Needed unique design (simple) Shaped like a sail (sign of
tourism) Rise out of the water
Engineering aspects
The Island
Foundation
Steel Trusses
Electric Load
The Island Man Made 280 Meters offshore 7.5 Meters high Shaped like Triangle November 1995
Foundation Not connected to bed rock Sand Skin Friction 250 Foundation piles 40 meters deep
Trusses Protect from wind and earthquake Building and transporting trusses Lifting trusses Steel expand problem Design special fixing Idea of engine camshaft
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
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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