1 DESCRIPTION PDSTRIP is a hydrodynamic strip code for seakeeping. It computes ship motions for monohulls including sailing boats. 2 COMPILATION ON LINUX 1) Specify your compiler in the Makefile 2) type make 3 EXAMPLE USAGE ON LINUX 1) change directory to examples 2) run the example with the following command: ../pdstrip pdstrip.inp 4 NOTES ON COMPILATION ON WINDOWS pdstrip.f90 is known to crash the Salford FTN95 compiler versions 4.7.1 and 4.8.0. Version 4.7.x works if you choose the "Win32 debug" or "Win32 release" compiler option. 5 EXAMPLE USAGE ON WINDOWS 1) open a command prompt 2) change directory to examples 3) run the program with the following command ..\pdstrip.EXE pdstrip.inp As a Windows user you may also use the graphical interface called PdStripGui.EXE. If you have the source distribution, check out the windows directory.