1. The document discusses using a Rankine panel method to accurately estimate unsteady hydrodynamic pressures and wave patterns on a ship hull. 2. Key steps include discretizing the hull and free surface into panels, applying boundary conditions to solve for the velocity potential, and calculating hydrodynamic forces, ship motions, and pressure distributions. 3. Results show the method can satisfactorily calculate exciting forces, ship motions, and diffraction and radiation wave patterns compared to experimental data.