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    The document discusses the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai. It describes the Burj Al Arab as the tallest hotel in the world at 1053 feet tall, with 28 double-height floors and a unique sail-like design. The hotel sits on a private man-made island 280 meters offshore. Its foundations required 250 piles driven 40 meters into the sand to support the structure without connecting to bedrock. The steel trusses were designed to protect the building from wind and earthquakes, and engineers installed a harmonic filter to prevent power cables from overloading and melting due to the hotel's huge electric load.

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    BURJJ AL ARAB

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    The document discusses the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai. It describes the Burj Al Arab as the tallest hotel in the world at 1053 feet tall, with 28 double-height floors and a unique sail-like design. The hotel sits on a private man-made island 280 meters offshore. Its foundations required 250 piles driven 40 meters into the sand to support the structure without connecting to bedrock. The steel trusses were designed to protect the building from wind and earthquakes, and engineers installed a harmonic filter to prevent power cables from overloading and melting due to the hotel's huge electric load.

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    By Ahmad Alshakargi and Yaseen El-Gerwi

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    The document discusses the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai. It describes the Burj Al Arab as the tallest hotel in the world at 1053 feet tall, with 28 double-height floors and a unique sail-like design. The hotel sits on a private man-made island 280 meters offshore. Its foundations required 250 piles driven 40 meters into the sand to support the structure without connecting to bedrock. The steel trusses were designed to protect the building from wind and earthquakes, and engineers installed a harmonic filter to prevent power cables from overloading and melting due to the hotel's huge electric load.

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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-alarab
    278856#btnNext
    Alshakargi Abdulilah, personal communication,
    Nov 18, 2012

    Thank you

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