Experimental Study on Porpoising of a High-Speed Planing Trimaran

Porpoising is defined as unstable coupled heave and pitch motions. In this study, seven test conditions with various longitudinal locations of the center of gravity and the moment of inertia were designed to study the porpoising phenomenon of a tunnel-type planing trimaran. After comparing the lower...

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Main Authors: Liru Zan, Hanbing Sun, Shijie Lu, Jin Zou, Lei Wan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/4/769