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Old   March 6, 2013, 19:44
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Hi.
I have problems with my courant number in icoFoam.
this number surged dramatically during the run.how can I limit the number in icoFoam.I will be glad if somebody help me to add maxco to my solver.

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Just add the following in your controlDict:

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adjustTimeStep  yes;

maxCo           0.1;
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Just add the following in your controlDict:

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adjustTimeStep  yes;

maxCo           0.1;
thanks michielm,I did as you said but it did not worked and courant number still increases fastly
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Old   March 9, 2013, 11:17
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Then I think you have your case set up in the wrong way. What boundary conditions for velocity and pressure are you using?
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