alphaCourantNo.H

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Global
    alphaCourantNo

Description
    Calculates and outputs the mean and maximum Courant Numbers.

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scalar maxAlphaCo
(
    readScalar(runTime.controlDict().lookup("maxAlphaCo"))
);

scalar alphaCoNum = 0.0;
scalar meanAlphaCoNum = 0.0;

if (mesh.nInternalFaces())
{
    scalarField sumPhi
    (
        pos(alpha1 - scalar(0.01))*pos(scalar(0.99) - alpha1)*fvc::surfaceSum(mag(phi))().internalField()
    );

    alphaCoNum = scalar(0.5)*gMax(sumPhi/mesh.V().field())*runTime.deltaTValue();

    meanAlphaCoNum = scalar(0.5)*(gSum(sumPhi)/gSum(mesh.V().field()))*runTime.deltaTValue();
}

Info<< "Interface Courant Number mean: "
    << meanAlphaCoNum
    << " max: "
    << alphaCoNum
    << endl;

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