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Capital Gate Abu Dhabi: Special Topic in Structural Engineering

The document discusses the Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Some key details: - It is 160m tall and leans 18 degrees to the west, giving it the title of furthest leaning man-made tower. - Construction took two years and cost $233 million, involving 600 laborers. It was completed in 2011. - The structural system uses a concrete core surrounded by two steel truss diagrid systems to resist lateral loads. Outriggers and a dense outrigger system are also used higher up to increase strength and stiffness. - The foundation is a rectangular reinforced concrete raft 2m deep, supported by 490 piles up to 30m deep to

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Capital Gate Abu Dhabi: Special Topic in Structural Engineering

The document discusses the Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Some key details: - It is 160m tall and leans 18 degrees to the west, giving it the title of furthest leaning man-made tower. - Construction took two years and cost $233 million, involving 600 laborers. It was completed in 2011. - The structural system uses a concrete core surrounded by two steel truss diagrid systems to resist lateral loads. Outriggers and a dense outrigger system are also used higher up to increase strength and stiffness. - The foundation is a rectangular reinforced concrete raft 2m deep, supported by 490 piles up to 30m deep to

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Special topic in structural Engineering

Capital Gate Bara AlRefai


United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi University


Capital Gate
160 m tall
35 stories
Inclined 18 degree to west.
Capital gate title four times
more than the Tower of Pisa.
It got Guinness certificate for
furthest leaning man mad
tower.
Capital Gate


Capital Gate
Cost $233 million.
600 people labor force
participate in construction.
Two year of constriction.
Completed in 2011.
Total Area :53,100 square
meter.
Mainly used for hotel and
offices.
Structural system
Concrete core surrounded by
two steel truss (diagrid
system).
External and internal diagrid
system (lateral load resisting
system).
Steel beam support concrete
floor & run between two
diagrid system.
Structural system
Outriggers are horizontal trusses
connect building core distant
structural element.
Used to increase strength and
overturning stiffness.
The dense outriggers system started to
be used from17th mechanical floor.
Mainly used to resist wind load.
Foundation

Rectangular raft footing.


2 m depth and 7000 cubic
meter reinforced concrete.
490 piles.
Each has 1 m diameter.
Half under compression with
depth of 20 m.
Other half under testation with
depth of 30 m.
Loads calculations

Source:
https://
sites.google.com/site/group5c
apitalgate/structure/i-analys
is-and-description
Irregularity that Should be taken
in consideration
The flowing Vertical
Irregularities that may exist in
Capital Gate Abu Dhabi :
1. Stiffness irregularity.
2. Mass irregularity.
The flowing plan Irregularities
that may exist in Capital Gate
Abu Dhabi :
1. Torsional irregularity.
2. Diaphragm Discontinuity.
3. Out-of-plane Offsets of
vertical Element.
Thank You
References
www.rmjm.com/the-architects-perspective-the-capital-g
ate
www.e-architect.co.uk/dubai/capital-gate-abu-dhabi
www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/10/leaning
-buildings
www.slideshare.net/nayanrao1/seminar-on-capital-gate
-building
https://sites.google.com/site/group5capitalgate/struc
ture/iii-drawings-and-diagrams
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