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June 11, 2012, 08:13	Implementation of the Courant Number and time stepping in BubbleFoam	#1
Anne Severt New Member Anne Severt Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 14	Dear all, I´m new to OpenFoam and currently working on understanding the procedure of BubbleFoam. Therefore, I tried to make the calculation of CoNum and Max Ur Courant number as well as SetDeltaT plausible. In CoNum I don´t understand WHY phi is used to get the velocity: u=phi/area. Same in Max Ur Courant number: WHY using \|phir\|/\|Sf\| to get \|Ur\|? And what does the reciprocal of center to center distance projected over the face normal (with a stabilization factor) of cells' shared face "nonOrthDeltaCoeffs" calculate mathematically (why factor 0.05, unit area)? Regarding the time stepping: Where does the factor "deltaTfact" come from? Why does it have such a form (min(min(...)))? Why factor 1.2? Why maxCo/CoNum? Can anybody please help me understand this? Thanks.

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