船舶流体力学是研究波浪理论以及波浪与船舶海洋结构相互作用的科学，是船舶与海洋工程专业的一门必修的专业基础课程。本课程主要内容包括：空间势流理论、波浪基本概念及其种类、无限和有限水深下微幅波理论、波群和波能、船行波和不规则波、波的绕射和辐射问题、机翼理论等。该课程的学习可以为后续船舶专业课程如船舶阻力和推进以及船舶耐波等打下基础。
Ship fluid mechanics is a course to study wave theory and interactions between waves and ships or ocean structures. It is a compulsory and specialized core course for undergraduate students majoring in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. This course mainly includes: potential theory in three-dimensions, wave concept and its types, theories of small amplitude in both infinite and finite depths, wave group and wave energy, irregular waves and ship waves, wave diffraction & radiation problems and wing theory. It will lay the foundation for the further study of ship courses such as ship resistance, propulsion and seakeeping.