Introduction: Calculation of hydrodynamic parameters

Abstract

This introduction considers the approaches to the calculation of hydrodynamic (and related) parameters described in detail in the following Chaps. 10, 11 and 12 (Chap. 10, US-SOMO; Chap. 11, the HYDRO suite; and Chap. 12, BEST). Starting with a description of what hydrodynamicmodelling is and why it is useful, the first part of this chapter then presents 12 equations as a very basic tutorial in the hydrodynamic computations underlying the majority of the methodology that is then summarised in the subsequent section on current approaches in both rigid body and flexible modelling. The pros and cons of these approaches are then given before a few concluding remarks and an outlook.