本课程在使用工具和软件的连结下提供了两个套装软件的链接，PFLOW 2.5和 AMASS。其中亦包含了25份讲稿、14个问题集（皆为PDF档），并以逐章的方式分析课本－J. N. Newman所著的《海洋流体力学》的内容。

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.

流体力学的基础理论于船舶结构和海洋工程科学中发展而出。传输定理和守恒原理。纳维尔-史托克方程式。因次分析。理想流和势流。涡度和凯尔文法则。势流中的流动力。达朗伯特假说。附加质量。细长体理论。黏性流、层流和紊流边界层。模型测试、比例定理。势能理论于表面波之应用、能量传输、波／本身的作用力。升力表面的线性理论。关于拖曳水槽和螺旋桨轴道的实验研究专题。

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.