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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 from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l2LhpyJfkg
Hammond Richard (Feb 10, 2012). Richard Hammond's
Engineering Connections - (S03E01)
Burj Al Arab
[video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dXsr0WfxQ
Pourabedain Ehsan (Feb 23, 2008) Burj Al Arab Construction.
SlideShare Inc. Retrieved fro
http://www.slideshare.net/persiankingdom/burj-al-arab
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Alshakargi Abdulilah, personal communication, Nov 18, 2012
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