BURJ DUBAI LOADS

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BURJ DUBAI LOADS

• Focus on the concrete structure
• 4000 tons of steel ordered to construct the steel
  pinnacle and spire

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SCALED RENDERING
Height 818m Base width above podium 94mTop
podium 36.7mTop mechanical 1 81.3mTop
mechanical 2 159.9mTop mechanical 3
270.0mTop mechanical 4 398.5mTop mechanical
5 511.2mBottom concrete core 574.2mTop
concrete 606m
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26.22m
15.83m
10.65m
SCALED PLANwidth94m
18.72m
9.18m
21.22m
9.18m
23.72m
9.18m
8.08m
7.51m
16.89m
12.29m
8.81m
9.96m
4.40m
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2
4.40m
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2.57m
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FLOOR AREAS / PERMETERS

• Floor A(m2) P(m) Floor A(m2) P(m)
• 5 3105 303.0 2 1/3 1590 167.0
• 4 2/3 2921 284.4 2 1384 151.0
• 4 1/3 2737 265.8 1 2/3 1155 135.0
• 4 2553 247.2 1 1/3 925 118.9
• 3 2/3 2369 231.1 1 696 102.9
• 3 1/3 2186 215.1 0 2/3 602 94.3
• 3 2003 199.1 0 1/3 509 85.7
• 2 2/3 1796 183.0 0 415 77.1

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VERTICAL CONCRETE

• A Hexagonal Core t0.9m P77.1m
• A69.39m2
• B Corridor walls t2x0.6m L9.18m
• Buttress walls t0.9m L2x4.40m
• A18.94m2
• C Column t0.6m L4.40m
• A 2.64m2

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VERTICAL CONCRETE AREAS

• Floor Config A(m2) Floor Config
  A(m2)
• 5 A9B36C 334.9 2 A18C 116.9
• 4 2/3 A8B34C 319.7 1 2/3 A14C 106.4
• 4 1/3 A7B32C 286.5 1 1/3 A10C 95.8
• 4 A6B30C 262.2 1 A6C 85.2
• 3 2/3 A5B28C 238.0 0 2/3 A4C 80.0
• 3 1/3 A4B26C 213.8 0 1/3 A2C 74.7
• 3 A3B24C 189.6 0 A
  69.4
• 2 2/3 A2B22C 165.4
• 2 1/3 AB20C 141.1

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MATCH FLOORS TO LEVELS

• floor level floor level floor
  level
• Podium 6 2 2/3 86 0 2/3 146
• 5 18 2 1/3 98 0 1/3 150
• 4 2/3 25 2 111 0 158
• 4 1/3 33 1 2/3 124
• 4 42 1 1/3 137
• 3 2/3 52 1 142
• 3 1/3 63
• 3 75

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STORY HEIGHTS

• level height story height
• 6 36.7m 6.117m
• 81.3m 3.7167m
• 42 159.9m 3.2750m
• 270.0m 3.3364m
• 398.5m 3.5694m
• 137 511.2m 4.3346m
• 574.2m 4.8462m
• 158 606.0m 3.9750m

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WEIGHT DATA

• Slab thickness 0.25m 0.82ft
• Reinforced concrete 150pcf
• Cladding thickness 2in
• Cladding weight (160pcf)/6 26.7psf
• Live load 40psf
• Steel pinnacle and spire 4000tons

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WIND DATA

• Design wind speed 55m/s 123mph
• hg 900ft
• a 9.5
• Pinnacle has a triangular wind profile

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SCALED PLAN WIDTHS

• floor width floor width
• 5 94.0m 2 1/3 56.4m
• 4 2/3 94.0m 2 49.0m
• 4 1/3 86.3m 1 2/3 49.0m
• 4 78.6m 1 1/3 41.6m
• 3 2/3 78.6m 1 34.2m
• 3 1/3 71.2m 0 2/3 29.9m
• 3 63.8m 0 1/3 29.9m
• 2 2/3 63.8m 0 25.6m
• pinnacle 12.8m

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SEISMIC DATA

• Sa 0.1g (long period)
• R 3 (low ductility)
• k 2 (long period)

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RESULTS

• Total weight (deadlive) 1026582kip
• Seismic weight (dead) 910563kip
• Wind base shear 30079kip
• Seismic base shear 30352kip

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