Research Article

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

Table 4

Principal characteristic of the nonstep model.

ParameterValueUnit

L2640mm
LCG791mm to transom
VCG184.6mm
LBP2368.18mm
CΔ0.5096
m86.024kg
V0.08585m3
τs2.34degrees
B551.9mm