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Structural Engineering of World’s Tallest Building Burj Khalifa (Dubai)

Course No. S-2002

Credit: 2 PDH

Course Fee: $57.90 Purchase course

Subject Matter Expert: C. (Raj) Sundararajan, Ph.D., MASCE, FASME

 

Overview

Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world. At 2717 feet, this skyscraper exceeds the second tallest building, Taipei Financial Center (Taipei 101) in Taiwan, by a little over one-thousand feet. This course provides a description of the structure and then discusses structural analysis, design and construction. Discussions include gravity, wind and earthquake analysis, concrete creep-shrinkage aspects and construction sequence analysis.

The student will take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (15) questions at the end of this course to earn PDH credits.

 

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • Structural description of Burj Khalifa
  • Summary of gravity, wind and earthquake analysis of super-tall buildings
  • Construction sequence analysis and effect of long-term concrete creep

 

Course

Click on the following link to the PDF document to review the course material before taking the quiz for credit.

Structural Engineering of World's Tallest Building Burj Khalifa (Dubai)

 

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