简介：Inthispaper,addedresistancesactingonahullofnonballastwatership（NBS）inhighwavesisdiscussed.ThenonballastwatershipsweredevelopedatthelaboratoryoftheauthorsatOsakaPrefectureUniversity,Japan.Inthepresentpaper,theperformancesofthreekindsofbowshapesdevelopedfortheNBSweretheoreticallyandexperimentallyinvestigatedtofindthebestoneinhighwaves.Inpreviouspapers,anoptimumbowshapefortheNBSwasdevelopedincalmwaterandinmoderatedwaves.Fora2mmodelforexperimentsandcomputations,thewaveheightis0.02m.Thismeansthatthewaveheightis15%ofthedraftoftheshipinfullloadconditions.Inthispaper,addedresistancesinhighwavesupto0.07mfora2mmodelor53%ofthefullloaddraftareinvestigated.Insuchhighwaveslinearwavetheorieswhichhavebeenusedinthedesignstageofashipforalongtimemaynotworkwellanymore,andexperimentsaretheonlyeffectivetooltopredicttheaddedresistanceinhighwaves.Withthecomputationsforwaves,theshipisinafullycapturedconditionbecauseshorterwaves,λ/Lpp〈0.6,areassumed.