Dome tent
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Dome tents are a popular and widely available style of modern tent. The basic tent has a rectangular floor and two curved poles that run diagonally from corner to corner above the floor, crossing at the peak, with the fabric of the tent typically suspended below the poles. Fly cloths above the poles, awnings, vestibules, screen porches, and other amenities can also be included. Dome tents are available in a range of sizes, some small enough for just one person and others large enough for whole families.
Setup[edit]
Most dome tents are easy to erect by one person. They can be pitched without the use of tent stakes, though without stakes it is important to have something heavy always inside to prevent the tent from blowing downhill or into a lake during gusts of wind. When they are empty, smaller dome tents can be picked up and conveniently moved to a nearby place as an assembled unit.
Construction[edit]
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The two poles are bent firmly into a kind of sinusoidal shape[1] above the diagonals of the tent, holding the corners of the tent's floor firmly in its rectangular shape and supporting the fabric of the tent securely. Once pitched in this way, the tent becomes a stand-alone unit. The poles are packed as an integral part of the tent, not cut from saplings in a wilderness area.
Advantages and disadvantages[edit]
Advantages of dome tents are light weight, ease of assembly, ready availability, robust response to wind, and more. Disadvantages are that the walls are sloped right down to the floor but approaching horizontal near the peak. Sloping by the floor reduces space somewhat, compared with something like a Wall tent. At the same time, the horizontal portions near the center can become laden with snow, compared with something like a Forester tent.
References[edit]
- ↑ Mouthuy, Pierre-Olivier; Coulombier, Michael; Pardoen, Thomas; Raskin, Jean-Pierre; Jonas, Alain M. (2012). "Overcurvature describes the buckling and folding of rings from curved origami to foldable tents". Nature Communications. 3: 1290–1297. doi:10.1038/ncomms2311.
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