This book describes the latest numerical methods to assess the seakeeping behaviour of today’s ships.It has become necessary to utilize the latest techniques to assess the ship’s dynamics in waves. Numerical methods to conduct seakeeping computations range from simple strip theory to complex nonlinear unsteady numerical computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques which solve the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) equations together with the continuity equations, and...

The book describes currently applied and newly developed advanced numerical methods for wave-induced ship motions and loads. Besides well-established computational methods based on strip theory, panel methods and finite volume methods for unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations (URANS), recent advances like a fully nonlinear Rankine panel method, URANS calculations including elastic hull deformations, and an improved method to predict added resistance in waves are explained in d...