Q. Chen et al., WIND ENVIRONMENT OVER THE HELIDECK OF AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM, Journal of wind engineering and industrial aerodynamics, 54, 1995, pp. 621-631
An investigation of the wind environment over the helideck of a model
of an offshore jack-up platform was carried out in an atmospheric boun
dary layer wind tunnel. Hot-wire anemometry was used to measure the ve
locity distribution over the helideck for five different wind directio
ns. The results showed that the mean velocities and root-mean-square v
alues of the fluctuating velocity are quite different under various wi
nd directions. Flow visualization by smoke-wire technique is also pres
ented.