Wake Factor

Wake Factor.

Formula

  • Wf = Q1 - ( Q2 x Block Coefficient )

Where Q1 and Q2 are 1.1 or 1.06 and 0.6 or 0.4 respectively, depending on whether the vessel is single or twin screw. For our example vessel Block Coefficient is 0.30

We calculate that our Wake Factor is 0.93