1. Structural Design of Iconic Tower, Egypt: Culmination of a Concrete Optimization Process.
- Author
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Hassan, Tarek, El-Ezaby, Yehia, and Malek, Charles
- Subjects
TOWERS ,STRUCTURAL design ,CENTRAL business districts ,CONCRETE ,WIND tunnels - Abstract
This paper presents an overview of a process of optimizing concrete mixture for tall buildings, culminating in the design of the Iconic Tower, the key component of the Central Business District of the New Administrative Capital of Egypt. The structural behavior of 76 high-rise towers was compiled and analyzed. A relationship was established between the total concrete thickness for both horizontal and vertical elements and the tower height. The formulae can be used to estimate the total concrete cost of the towers at preliminary and concept stages with sufficient accuracy. The across-wind accelerations for different towers were calculated as per National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) 2005 requirements and compared to measured wind tunnel accelerations. The results showed that code provisions overestimated the measured accelerations by around 60 percent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2022