Burj Al Arab

BURJ AL ARAB
 Building Name : Burj-Al-Arab Hotel

 Also called as : Arab Sail
 Location : Dubai, United Arab Emirates
 Chief Architect : Tom Wright
 Floors : 60
 Floor Area : 111,500 m2
 Height : 321 m [It is the third tallest building in the world.]
 Used exclusively as a hotel.
 Stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) .
 Connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge.
 It is an iconic structure, designed to symbolize Dubai's
urban transformation and to mimic the sail of a boat.
GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS
Wind Effects Dubai’s
Geographic location subjects the hotel to severe weather conditions including strong
winds and occasional violent thunderstorms.
 Due to the structure’s proximity to its adjacent hotel resort, wind tunnel testing was
considered to ensure a safe design.
Wind speed of 45 meters per second, under the recommendations of Dubai
Municipality, was adopted for the design.
Seismic Impact Dubai
 It is not located in an earthquake intensive zone. However, southern Iran which
is only 100 miles away to the north is subjected to moderate earthquake risk and in
turn which could create tremors in Dubai if a seismic event were to occur in Iran.
To reinforce the structure from any potential swaying, two tuned mass dampers,
weighing about 2tonnes each, limit vibrations in the tubular steel mast that projects
60 m above the building.
CONTRUCTION OF THE
ISLAND
 Island rises 7 and a half meters above
the waves.
Main concern was protection of island,
waves breaking over island and
impacting the structure.
 Initial proposal was by rock which was
easily available and supported the
existing technologies.
 Architect-Wright however rejected the
proposal because this would make
island too high . Concrete blocks worked like
Island protected by concrete sponge.
honeycombs shape solid blocks As wave hit the block, water pass
designed to reduce the impact of waves. inside and
turn around in itself and hence force
is
FOUNDATION
It was very challenging to design
foundations to Support the mega
structure-270 miles off coast, 320 mt in
height on man-made island(6mts from
Arabian Sea) resistant to earthquake
(falling under range of major Faultline)
and wind that blows 90 miles per hour.
 Location on a reclaimed land was added
challenge.
The building is built on sand, unlike the
other tall buildings built on rocks.
 It is supported on 250 numbers of 1.5
meters diameter columns that drilled
deep into the sea.
Each column is a steel reinforced
concrete foundation pile with 45 meter in
length.
Load analysisTotal dead load :
2850,000,000 lbs
LOAD ANALYSIS Total live load : 86,160,000 lbs
Total load on foundation : 150,000
lbs/SF
Gravity loads Maximum horizontal wind load :
2,366,000 lbs
Building is built to a seismic ground
acceleration of 0.2 times the gravity.
These loads are transferred down from
the core and wings to the foundation.
Central core transmits gravity loads.
The structure transfers vertical loading
through the large spine. The most direct
way for the vertical load to reach the
ground.
Secondly ,transfer through the curved
edge.
The steel trusses running alongside the
structure also helps in deflecting the
horizontal loads.
WIND LOADS
Building is built to withstand a 50 year wind of 100
miles per hour.
3 tube steel trusses.
Cross bracing and curved truss arch.
Teflon coated fiberglass fabric
The shape of the building lowers the wind forces
more effectively than a square building because of
the streamlined V and curved fabric atrium wall.
Installed 11 invisible heavy weight of 5 tonne
weight called Tune mass damper at vulnerable
points inside the exoskeleton.
When wind blows and the vortex shedding starts
to create dangerous vibrations the tune weight will
swing inside the structure and bring down the effect
of wind load.
Translucent fabric wall of the atrium helps transfer
loads
STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
EXOSKELETON
The hotel structure is composed of concrete walls, a steel
Exoskeleton and a concrete core.
 The exoskeleton is made up of two legs on both sides of
the building.
The structure is made up of two built up H sections of
1.8M wide by 4.5M deep plate girder connected by
lattice braced members.
Diagonal are huge tubular triangular trusses tied to two
legs to the central core.
 The diagonal trusses can contract and expand up to5 cm
in 24 hours.
-The exoskeleton bows are provided with tuned mass
damper at 11 critical points with 5ton weight which
swings to damp down the vibrations caused by vortex
shedding.
FACADE
Fabric wall stretched between
horizontal beams
Stretch woven double skinned
Teflon coated woven glass fibre
screen.
Glazed curtain wall with
aluminium cladding
Steel structure cladded with
6mm composite aluminium
panels
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