Design, Structure, Construction and Analysis of Burj Al Arab, Dubai
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The Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai is shaped like a sailboat to resemble shipping history. Built on an artificial island, it was the tallest hotel in the world at completion in 1999. The architecture firm designed the hotel to have an exoskeleton frame with bracing and a central spine to transfer lateral loads and resist forces. An atrium is enclosed by a teflon-coated fiberglass membrane on arched trusses.
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Design, Structure, Construction and Analysis of Burj Al Arab, Dubai
- 1. BURJ AL ARAB Omar Cantu Silvia Carroll Dong Ho Kim Kevin Kim
- 2. The Design • Resembles a sail • Shipping history • Dubai monument • Built on private island • Tallest hotel in the world • Underwater restaurant only accessible by submarine • Architecture Firm: W.S. Atkins • Based in Surrey, England • Project Lead Architect Tom Wright • Engineering Firm: Al Habtoor • Construction began 1994 with planning and was completed in 1999
- 3. The Structure • Exoskeleton Frame
- 5. The Structure • Central Spine
- 7. In Construction • Concrete Superstructure
- 9. Analysis-Trusses • Braces steel frame diagonally • Resists Lateral Loads • Reduce Moment and Deflection
- 10. Multistructure Analysis-Bracing Bracing In Tension • Braces the exterior steel frame • Resists Lateral Loads • Resists Overturning
- 11. Analysis-Spine • Lateral loads are transferred from steel frame to central spine • Spine unifies the steel and concrete structures
- 12. Analysis-Frame Whole loads are first passed from reinforced concrete in multistory frame to main steel exoskeleton, and then to the foundation.
- 13. Lateral Loads
- 14. Lateral Loads Without Bracing With Bracing
- 15. Moment Diagram Without Bracing With Bracing
- 16. Atrium Membrane • Façade for worlds tallest atrium • Material – Teflon coated Fiberglass • Supported on arched trusses • Trusses supported by cross braced steel rods • Anchored at the bottom, mezzanine at the top • Reduces glare and allows diffused lighting into atrium
- 17. The Foundation • Foundation is a piled raft • 250 bored piles using friction • Each is 1.5m and 35m long • Bored through sand • Resists earthquakes
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- 19. Thank You