Similarly to FEA, CFD has also become an extremely useful tool for naval architects and yacht designers, particularly in the high-performance end of the market where relatively small improvements will often separate winners from losers.

Analysis of laminar or turbulent flows in both internal and external domains can be conducted in 2D, 3D and axisymmetric geometries.

Fluid-structure interaction problems can also be analysed, where the pressure loading from the fluid analysis is applied directly to the structural model.