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BURJ KHALIFA DESIGN BRIEF
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The present article provides ready reference structural information about the
world’s tallest structure Burj Khalifa. The main objective of article is to
provide bench mark quantities for structural information for tall building.
Project Type : Mixed Use Project ( Five Star Hotel,
Office, Retail and Residential)
Total Floor area : 439,935m2
Site Area : 104,210m2
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Height : 828m ( Concrete 606m Plus Steel
222m)
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Gross Floor area above : 312,400m2
Grade ▼ 2015 (12)
Floor Plate Size at Grade : ▼ September (2)
3,065m2
Level BURJ KHALIFA DESIGN BRIEF
Floor Plate Size at Upper : 380 m2 UBC97 and IBC/ASCE
top Seismic Load Comparision
Floor Plate Size at : 35,300m2
Basement ► May (2)
Structural Consultant : SOM ► April (4)
Wind Engineering : RWDI ► March (1)
Consultant
Wind Tunnel Analysis ► February (1)
Rigid Model Force Balance Tests ► January (2)
Full Multi Degree of Freedom Aero‐
elastic Model ► 2014 (3)
Floor Geometry in Plan : Y Shaped (to reduce the wind forces ► 2013 (4)
on the tower, as well as to keep the
structure ► 2010 (1)
Simple and foster constructability) ► 2009 (6)
Structural System : “Buttressed” Six Sided Central Core,
Each wing, with its own high About Me
performance concrete core and
HE M A N T GO R
perimeter columns, buttresses the Following 242
others via a six‐sided central core, or
hexagonal hub I am structural
engineer with
Foundation : Pile Supported Raft
Number of piles under : 194 expertise in area of Oil & Gas,
tower prestressed concrete, structural
dynamics and optimization in
Pile Diameter : 1.5m
structural design. I have done my
Length of pile : 43.0m Master's in structural engineering
Concrete Cube Strength : 60MPa SCC ( Self Compacting from IIT Bombay. I have designed
for Pile Concrete)( Triple Blend 25% Fly Ash + large capcacity service
7% Micro silica + Portland Cement, reservoirs, power plant
Water Cement ratio 0.32) structures, bridge, industrial
Pile Load Test : 6000 t structures and buildings. I am
very good at concept design of
Working Design Capacity : 3000 t
structres using different form and
Raft Thickness : 3.7m materials.
Reinforcement Spacing : 300 mm c/c View my complete profile
Concrete Cube Strength : C50 Self Consolidating Concrete
for Raft
Super Structure
Number of Outrigger : 5
Levels
Concrete cube strength : C80 ( at Base checked at 90 Days
for Vertical Element instead of 28 Days) – C60 (at Upper
(Reinforced Concrete Level)
Wall/column)
Composition of Concrete : Portland Cement + Fly Ash
for Vertical Elements
Analysis Software and : ETABS (Version 8.4) , 73,500 Shells
Model Size and 75,000 Nodes
Reinforced Concrete : ACI 318‐02
Design Code
Free Vibration Analysis
Result
: 11.3 sec
1stMode, Lateral Side : 10.2 sec
sway
: 4.3 sec
2nd Mode, Lateral Side
sway
5th Mode, Torsion Mode
Top Steel Portion ( Spire) : Diagonally braced lateral system
Steel Design Code : AISC LRFD 1999
Seismic Zone : Zone 2A ( Z = 0.15) as per UBC97
Modulus of Elasticity of : 43,800MPa
Concrete (Ec)for Core
and Outrigger at Lower
Portion at 90 Day
Walls and Columns : Virtual Work Method
optimized
Effect of Column : Perimeter columns were sized such
Shortening that the self‐weight gravity stress on
the perimeter columns matched the
stress on the interior corridor walls.
Weight of Empty Building : 500,000MT
Quantity
Concrete : 330,000 m3
Reinforcement Steel : 39,000MT
Glass used for Façade : 103,000 m2
Stainless Steel used for : 15,500 m2
Cladding
Structural Steel for Top : Approximately 4000MT
Spire
Posted by Hemant Gor at 19:54 1 comment:
Labels: burj khalifa tallest tower 90day cube strength
UBC97 and IBC/ASCE Seismic Load Comparision
Posted by Hemant Gor at 05:43 1 comment:
Labels: ASCE 7 Seismic Load, IBC, UBC97
Friday, 15 May 2015
Structural Dynamics Interview Questions
Structural Engineers
Calculate natural frequency ( or fundamental time period)
for following problems
Posted by Hemant Gor at 09:14 No comments:
Labels: Dynamics, Structural interview
Friday, 8 May 2015
UBC97 Seismic Base Shear Calculation Procedure
UBC 97 Seismic Base Shear Calculation Steps are as follows
1. Seismic Zone Factor (Z)
Posted by Hemant Gor at 10:53 No comments:
Labels: Seismic load, UBC97
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Civil Engineering Softwares
3D Frame ( Steel and Concrete) General Purpose Software
1. SAP2000
2. STAAD Pro
3. ROBOT Structural Analysis
4. OASYS
5. ETABS ( 3D Building Analysis and Design Software)
Building Floor System
1. RC Slabs ‐ SAFE
2. Post Tension Slabs ‐ ADAPT PT, RAPT, RAM Concept
3. Metal Deck Composite FLoor ‐ TATA Comflor
4. RoofDeck Analysis Software from TEDS
Finite Analysis Software (having Macro/command line and advance elements)
1. NISA
2. GT‐Strudl
3. ANSYS
4. ADYNA
Bridge Analysis Software
1. SAP2000‐Bridge
2. Sofistik
3. RM Bridge
Posted by Hemant Gor at 20:53 No comments:
Labels: civil and structural engineering software
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Foundation Engineering Question
1. Broadly describe classification of piles
2. Calculate Structural compression capacity of 1500mm diameter
concerete (C40 Grade) pile
3. What % of Piles to be tested for Static Test, Dynamic Test, Integrity Test
and Sonic Test
4. Describe initial load test of piles
5. Draw bending moment diagram for free and fixed head pile along
length of pile under lateral load
6. Provide approximate relationship between safe bearing capacity and N (
standard penetration test N Value).
7. Provide approximate relationship between safe bearing capacity and
undrained shear strength
8. What is minimum c/c distance between piles for Driven Piles, Bored
Piles and Mini piles
9. What is relationship between safe vertical load capacity and
displacement and lateral capacity of pile
10. Write Terzaghi's soil bearing capacity formula
11. Classification of Granular (Non‐cohesive) soil and Cohesive soil
Posted by Hemant Gor at 12:04 No comments:
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Earthquake Resistant Design Interview Questions
Questions are taken from book "Seismic Design of Building
structures" By Michael Lindeburg and Majid Baradar
1. What is difference between stiffness and rigidity as used in seismic
design?
2. What is difference between ductility and flexibility as used in seismic
consideration?
3. What is ductility and ductility factor?
4. What is the natural period of a building? Describe Method A and
Method B to compute natural time period described in UBC97?
5. What does the term redundancy means as it is used in the context of
modern high rise buildings
6. What causes torsional shear?
7. What is negative torsional shear?
8. What is response spectrum?
9. Describe how base shear is calculated according to the UBC97 / IS
1893/IBC equation
10. What is the P ‐ Delta effect?
11. What possible values can R take on for a moment resisting frame?
12. Describe different Vertical and plan irregularity in Building
13. Describe principle of seismic detailing in beam and column in moment
frame?
14. Describe three principles of design of special moment frame
15. Draw vertical distribution of seismic force along height of building
Posted by Hemant Gor at 11:31 No comments:
Labels: earthquake seismic interview question structural engineer
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