Due to the advancement of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology, CFD can cope with many cases of hull form development. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) evaluates hull resistance and propulsive efficiency using the most of the latest CFD technology, which can be robustly applied to wave‐making computation in consideration of free surface against complex forms of hulls and appendages, as well as propeller‐considered self‐propulsion computation at a high degree of accuracy and speed, while deriving refinements for forms of hulls and appendages from information such as the circumstances of waves created by the hull and flow around the hull. We will continue to use such technologies to further improve the energy‐saving performance of vessels.
