Aqaba Flagpole
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The Aqaba Flagpole in Aqaba, Jordan is a Script error: No such module "convert". tall flagpole. This height makes it the ninth tallest free–standing and tenth tallest flagpole in the world.[1][2] It was the tallest free–standing flagpole in the world until being surpassed by the Script error: No such module "convert". tall Ashgabat Flagpole in 2008. It carries the flag of the Arab Revolt commemorating the Battle of Aqaba that took place in 1917. The flagpole can be seen from Israel, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. The flagpole was built in 2004 and opened on 3 October 2004.[3]
Information
Technical data
Pole height: 130 meters (427 feet)
Pole weight: 344,000 pounds (156 tonnes)
Number of pole sections: 11
Bottom of pole diameter: 103 inches (2.6 metres)
Top of pole diameter: 42 inches (1.1 metres)
Bottom section plate thickness: 1.26 inches – Fy = 50 ksi
Top section plate thickness: .394 inches – Fy = 36 ksi
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Mating flanges thicknesses: Minimum: 1.58 inches, maximum Script error: No such module "convert".
Flange bolts maximum diameter: 3 inches
Bolt material: A354, Fy = 115 ksi
Foundation: Script error: No such module "convert". square by Script error: No such module "convert". deep, 990 cubic yards concrete
Design criteria
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Flag material: Polyester
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Seismic zone: 4 (Uniform Building Code)
Near seismic source: Less than 2 km (Aqaba Rift)
Codes
ANSI/NAAMFP-1001-97 – Guide Specification for Design Loads of Metal Flagpoles
Structural engineer of record: Neil Moore and Associates
Builder: Trident Support Corp. with assistance from US Flag and Flagpole Supply LP Contractor : Sahara contracting corporation, Amman, Jordan
References
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