1. BY AHMAD ALSHAKARGI AND YASEEN EL-GERWI

2. 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

3. Architect  Designed by Tom Wills-Wright  Needed unique design (simple)  Shaped like a sail (sign of tourism)  Rise out of the water

5. Engineering aspects  The Island  Foundation  Steel Trusses  Electric Load

6. The Island  Man Made  280 Meters offshore  7.5 Meters high  Shaped like Triangle  November 1995

7. Foundation  Not connected to bed rock  Sand  Skin Friction  250 Foundation piles  40 meters deep

8. Trusses  Protect from wind and earthquake  Building and transporting trusses  Lifting trusses  Steel expand problem  Design special fixing  Idea of engine camshaft

9. 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

10. 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 278856#btnNext  Alshakargi Abdulilah, personal communication, Nov 18, 2012

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