CanopyMarqui Luxury Camping Tent, USA
Customer Project
| Owner |
Under Canvas Bozeman, Montana, USA www.undercanvas.com |
| Structural Analysis |
Modular Structural Consultants, LLC. Plano, Texas, USA www.modularconsultant.com |
Under Canvas began in 2009 with the opening of an all-inclusive glamping adventure package. It has since grown to include eight luxury glamping resorts and a customized event’s offering, bringing the glamping experience to life anywhere in the country.
The Under Canvas safari-inspired tents include overnight amenities. Happy, well-rested glampers wake to sounds of nature, perfectly positioned to explore America’s most iconic national parks and monuments.
Under Canvas operates locations in Yellowstone and Glacier (Montana), Moab and Zion (Utah), Mount Rushmore (South Dakota), Great Smoky Mountains (Tennessee) and the Grand Canyon and Tucson (Arizona).
Structure
The CanopyMarquiTM tent is a nonagonal pyramid with a fabric membrane canvas spanning between each corner pole. The tent’s overall height is 21 feet with an approximate base radius of 30 feet. The tent frame weighs 750 lbs, and the fabric cover weighs around 150 lbs.
CanopyMarquisTM can be conjoined into larger gathering spaces capable of accommodating hundreds of guests while feeling spacious and connected to the surrounding landscape. The awning sides of the tent are adjustable which can be placed up or down to fit the weather condition or used as access openings.
The unique shape and flexible features of the CanopyMarquisTM tent create design challenges particularly with deriving the wind load conditions. Standard codes, such as ASCE 7, do not cover the design wind pressure for unusual shaped structures. The tent design wind loads were generated using RWIND Simulation, Dlubal Software’s wind tunnel simulation software.
Additionally, RFEM and RF-FORM FINDING were utilized for the further structural analysis and design including determining the shape of the tensile fabric under applied prestress forces. RF-TIMBER AWC was used to design the tent wood structures according to the American standards.
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Programs Used for Structural Analysis
RFEM
Main Program
Main Program
Structural engineering software for finite element analysis (FEA) of planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, members (beams), solids and contact elements
Price of First License
3,540.00 USD
3,540.00 USD
RFEM
Tensile Membrane Structures
Add-on Module
Form-finding of tensile membrane and cable structures
Price of First License
1,750.00 USD
1,750.00 USD
Compatible Programs
Program
Stand-Alone Program
Stand-alone program for numerical simulations of wind flow around buildings or any other objects. The generated wind loads acting on these objects can be imported into RFEM / RSTAB programs for static and dynamic analysis.
Price of First License
2,690.00 USD
2,690.00 USD
RFEM
Timber Structures
Add-on Module
Design of timber members according to the American standard ANSI/AWC NDS
Price of First License
1,120.00 USD
1,120.00 USD
