Professional Diploma in Ship Hydrodynamics and CFD

This professional diploma prepares naval engineers, naval architects and maritime professionals to analyze and model the flow around ships and to turn that analysis into better designs. You will study fluid properties, continuity and Navier-Stokes equations, potential flow, boundary layers and dimensionless numbers; the ITTC breakdown of resistance, wave patterns, bulbous bows, towing tank tests and the Holtrop-Mennen method; propeller theory, wake and thrust deduction, cavitation and energy-saving devices; finite volume CFD, turbulence models, free-surface capture, meshing and verification and validation; planing hulls, the Savitsky method and dynamic instabilities; hydrofoils, supercavitation, SES and hovercraft; and wave spectra, motions in six degrees of freedom, RAOs, slamming, green water and roll reduction.

What sets this professional diploma apart: a balanced combination of theory, empirical methods, towing tank testing and computational fluid dynamics, so you understand what the software is calculating and when to trust it; dedicated modules on high-speed craft and hydrofoils, including foiling yachts and racing classes, which are rarely covered in depth; a practical approach to CFD, from mesh generation and turbulence models to free-surface simulation, shape optimization and validation against tank tests; full treatment of seakeeping, passenger comfort and roll stabilization; and real case studies and applied projects that consolidate your skills.