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• The shape of the Burj al Arab hotel would resemble a yacht rising out of the water.
• But how they design this hotel and why they
they design like This ?
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• Simplified view of the Structure (Top View)
Courtesy : Creating the Burj Al Arab.pdf
• Structure behavior due to Wind Load
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• Temporary tube piles driven into sea bed.
• Temporary sheet piles
and tie rods driven
into sea bed to
support boundary
rocks Courtesy : burj_al_arab_constuction-_steel_structures.pdf
• Permanent boundary rock bunds deposited either side of sheet piles
• Hydraulic fill layers
deposited between
bunds to displace
sea water and form
island as shown in the figure Courtesy : burj_al_arab_constuction-_steel_structures.pdf
Pile Foundation
• Because of the speed of the sea waves
foundation was disturbed heavily in order to avoid that they take the concrete shed units
to send the waves back when they hit the
foundation.
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1) Exoskeleton Frame
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2)Central Spine 3)Membrane
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• To reduce moment
generated in the
members.
• To reduce deflection
in the structure
4)Braces
Courtesy : burj_al_arab_constuction-_steel_structures.pdf
5)Trusses
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1) Concrete Superstructure
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2)Bracing
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3) Dampers
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3)Helipad Structure
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4) Al Muntaha Restaurent
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Facts
• The hotel is situated in a man-made island.
• It’s tallest and first hotel to surpass 1000ft in height.
• It took three years to reclaim the land from sea and less than three years to construct building itself.
• Burj al Arab has a 24 meter (79feet ) wide helipad which is 210 meters above the ground.
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