Skywalk Allgäu Treetop Walk in Scheidegg, Germany

• 3D Viewer | Google
• 3D Viewer | Babylon
• Virtual Reality

1129x

Structure of Skywalk Allgäu

The dimensions shown below indicate the dimensions of the entire system.

Length: ~ 222 m (728 ft) | Width: 162 m (531.5 ft) | Height: 79 m (259 ft)
Number of Nodes: 1,578 | Members: 3,878 | Finite Elements: 4,625 | Materials: 7 | Cross-Sections: 51

The structural analysis of the entire steel structure was carried out using RFEM by the Dlubal Software customer Meyer+Schubart.

Structure

The 50 m (164 ft) high lookout tower has a triangular floor plan and pipe columns with a diameter of 508 mm (20 in), which are coupled with tubular cross bars and bracing in several planes.

At a level of 30 m (98 ft), the tower is additionally stabilized by full locked PV 150 cables manufactured by the German company Pfeifer. Visitors can access the path using the staircase or the glass-paned elevator.

Another, smaller tower structure, with a height of approximately 40 m (131 ft), is also based on a triangular floor plan (on the right in the image above). The tower is significant for stiffening the structural system and represents a fixed point for the connected access to the stairway (bridle path). The bridle path is a cable-stayed structure with three pylons that is less prone to vibration compared to the suspension bridge structure, which is especially important for safe use of the staircase.

Depending on the span lengths, the suspension cables of the suspension bridge have a diameter of 28.3 mm (1.1 in) to 26.3 mm (1.4 in). To prevent the guy lines with a length of up to 68 m (223 ft) from oscillating due to aerodynamic effects, they are partially stabilized with auxiliary cables, which are thinner than the main cables.

Finally, it is worth noting that the German company Biedenkapp Stahlbau won the M&T Metal Construction Prize in 2011 in the category for steel constructions.