Helideck reverse engineering
Hello guys,
Perhaps someone can help me out:
I am working in a shipyard team on the renovation of a Jack-up drilling platform.
For the accommodation renovation we need to place some containers on the helideck.
The only load information on the helideck is that it is S61N 9,3 ton rated steel deck on a steel truss frame.
I know from my history as shipbuilding engineer that a helideck would be designed with certain safety factors to allow for a crash landing on the far end of the deck. I also know that there are some formulas to relate tire foot print to steel plate hickness.
Can someone direct me to these safety factors and formulas, or give me some general directions how much such a deck can take?
Now the barge engineer allows us max 9,3 ton but we do not crash land the container.
Thanks SLB