ships. More than 95% of the merchant fleet incorporates various types of bulbous bows to
reduce wave-making resistance and wave breaking. Bulbous bow is also utilized in smaller
vessels like fishing vessels. In certain cases, the initial ship design includes the addition of a
bulbous bow by default. In this study, which focuses on a typical Argentinian trawler fishing
vessel, we investigate the impact of the bulbous bow on resistance. Taking a reverse …