WAMIT 7.023

WAMIT - A linear analysis program for submerged objects

WAMIT is a computer program based on the linear and second-order potential theory for analyzing floating or submerged bodies, in the presence of ocean waves. You can use it for your projects and with the standard geometric data files.

The boundary integral equation method (BIEM), also known as the panel method, is used to solve for the velocity potential and fluid pressure on the submerged surfaces of the bodies. Separate solutions are carried out simultaneously for the diffraction problem, giving the effects of incident waves on the body, and the radiation problems for each of the prescribed modes of motion of the bodies.

These solutions are then used to obtain the relevant hydrodynamic parameters including added-mass and damping coefficients, exciting forces, response-amplitude operators (RAO's), the pressure and fluid velocity, and the mean drift forces and moments.

The second-order module, Version 6S, provides complete second-order nonlinear quantities in addition.

WAMIT 7.023 is licensed as Demo for the Windows operating system / platform. WAMIT is provided as a free to try download for all software users (Demo).