Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Stepped Planing Hulls in Finding an Optimized Step Location and Analysis of Its Porpoising Phenomenon

Table 17

Wetted surface area of the fore body.

Case number	Area (m^2); 8 m/s	Area (m^2); 9 m/s	Area (m^2); 10 m/s
3	0.62	0.63	0.66
4	0.66	0.68	0.69