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Presentation by:-
B.SAI KIRAN
(15761A0111)
G.SAI
(15761A0117)
LBRCE
CIVIL ENGG(2nd Year)
SKYSCRAPERS
MEANING AND DEFINITION
Meaning:-
A Building that scrapes (rubs) the sky.
Definition:-
A Skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building
having multiple floors.
When the term was originally used in 1880s it
described a building of 10 to 20 floors but now
describes one of at least 40 to 50 floors.
Tall buildings are also called High rise buildings. But
term Skyscraper is often used for buildings higher
than 50m.
For Buildings higher than 300m the term supertall
can be used. While skyscrapers reaching beyond
600m are classified as Megatall.
ORIGIN
The concept was originated in USA, in Chicago and New
York, where the space was limited and where the best
option was to increase the height ofthe building.
1) Home Insurance Building in Chicago was perhaps
the first skyscraper in the world. Built in 1884; it
was 42m (138 ft) high with 10 floors.
2)a) Equitable Building in New York is a building of
extra ordinary significance, because it was 1st
office building with elevator.
b) The old Equitable Life Building was destroyed by
fire in 1912; and the new Equitable
Building replaced the old one and opened in
1915.
c) The height of Equitable Building is 164m (538 ft)
with 40 floors.
LEAP 1:- ELEVATORS
The first big obstacle to
Skyscrapers is the Stair.
The obvious solution to the
problem is Elevator.
The early Elevators had one
deadly fault.
They are lifted using a single
rope and if the rope broke;
nothing can stop them from
falling.
In 1854, Elisha Otis from
Vermont along with his sons
designed safety elevator and
demonstrated it in Worlds fair
in New York city.
Without an safety elevator
the Skyscrapers would be
impossible.
LEAP 2:-MATERIALS
Another crucial development was the use of Steel
Frame instead of Stone or Brick.
The Monadnock Building in Chicago opened in 1893
is the worlds largest office block at that time with 16
storey.
The walls at the bottom were whopping 2m thick to
bear the weight of Monadnock .
The structure was extremely heavy that it soon
began to sink.
Eventually Half a meter of Bricks and Mortar
disappeared underground.
This made the architect of Monadnock , Daniel
Burnham to realize that Stone was not a Building
Material for Skyscrapers.
When Daniel Burner was planning Fuller Building in
New York he designed it with Steel Columns and
Beams locked together into a Steel skeleton.
Steel is much stronger and lighter than stone. Thus
it could reduce the weight of the structure.
To keep the weather out Burnham could simply
hang Thin Masonry walls off steel frame like curtains.
This is a new breed of Building.
The Modern Skyscrapers are built with Steel or
Reinforced Concrete frames
Before using Steel Skeleton, one could build to a
maximum of 10 to 12 floors. But now sky was
literally the limit.
LEAP 3:-HEAT
After development of Structural steel and Reinforced
Concrete exterior walls of Building were no longer
required for structural support.
Hence Curtain walls are used in place of Masonry walls.
A Curtain wall system is an outer covering of a building
in which outer walls are Non-Structural, but merely
keeps the weather out and the Occupants in.
As curtain wall is non structural it can be made of light
weight material.
When Glass is used, a great advantage is natural light
can penetrate deeper with in building.
But, the Glass walls allows Solar radiation into buildings
along with Light. This makes things uncomfortable
inside building.
In 1947, when United Nations designed their head
quarters in New York, they wanted to cover the
building with glass. But they were in dilemma if it
would turn it into a heat house.
An American engineer Willis Carrier cracked cooling
problem.
He invented a machine that could cool hot moist air by
making it wet.
Solar and Thermal control Glasses are being used in
Modern Skyscrapers to make them more convenient .
LEAP 4:- SPEED
The problem with skyscrapers at that time is they took much
longer time to build.
For construction of World Trade Center in New York Engineers
invented a much faster way of building Skyscrapers.
The solution they came up with is to prefabricate sections of
towers and assemble them.
Using Kangaroo Cranes from Australia they lifted up 50 ton
prefabricated sections and placed them in positions.
After assembling 3 floors , the bottom of crane is released,
jumped 3 floors up and locked back in place.
Using prefabricated sections and Kangaroo cranes Builders
managed to finish 3 floors every week.
In modern Skyscrapers like Burj Dubai new technology called
jump forming is used.
The Kangaroo Cranes places the steel cages in special moulds
called Jump Forms and then Concrete is placed in it.
After hardening of Concrete the mould along with kangaroo
cranes jumps up with help of Hydraulic pistons. In this way the
structure is cast in place layer by layer.
Prefabrication technology allowed giant Skyscrapers to grow
ever faster, which made them even profitable and desirable.
LEAP 5:-WIND