Helicopters are one of the most important tactical elements in maritime operations. The necessity to improve the conditions in which the landing and take-off operations are carried out leads to the study of the flow that separates from the ship’s superstructure over the flight deck. To investigate this flow a series of wind tunnel experiments have been performed by testing a sub-scale model of a frigate. Measurements of the flow velocity have been taken by means of laser Doppler anemometry in five points that simulate the last path of the landing trajectory. The data obtained in these experiments is analyzed in the frequency domain where the corresponding spectra are calculated. Onboard measurements from an actual full-scale frigate are analyzed and compared with the wind tunnel results. Conclusions obtained consist of a series of illustrative values of turbulent energy frequency ranges, which are valuable for any study in this field. The comparison shows a similarity between both experiments, reasserting the role of the wind tunnel measurements in these kind of studies.


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    Title :

    A spectral analysis of laser Doppler anemometry turbulent flow measurements in a ship air wake




    Publication date :

    2015-10-01


    Size :

    12 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English