This course offers links to two software packages, PFLOW-2.5 and AMASS, listed under the Tools section. There is also a complete set of 25 lecture notes in PDF format, 14 problem sets in PDF format, and a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of Marine Hydrodynamics by J. N. Newman, the required textbook for the course.

The fundamentals of fluid mechanics are developed in the context of naval architecture and ocean science and engineering. Transport theorem and conservation principles. Navier-Stokes' equation. Dimensional analysis. Ideal and potential flows. Vorticity and Kelvin's theorem. Hydrodynamic forces in potential flow, D'Alembert's paradox, added-mass, slender-body theory. Viscous-fluid flow, laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Model testing, scaling laws. Application of potential theory to surface waves, energy transport, wave/body forces. Linearized theory of lifting surfaces. Experimental project in the towing tank or propeller tunnel.