http://imechanica.org/node/3404 Comments for "CFL number" en http://imechanica.org/node/3404#comment-7971 <p> See the wikipedia article <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courant%E2%80%93Friedrichs%E2%80%93Lewy_condition">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courant%E2%80%93Friedrichs%E2%80%93Lewy_condition</a> </p> <p> For forward Euler time integration a safe number to use is 0.5 (though higher values may also work).&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p> -- Biswajit&nbsp; </p> <br class="clear" /> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:23:42 -0400 Biswajit Banerjee comment 7971 at http://imechanica.org http://imechanica.org/node/3404 <p> I&#39;m working at a University where we are developing and running interface software for CFD simmulations. There are no CFD specialists in my lab, however, so we get the information we need from a couple of other labs around campus. </p> <p> Unfortunately, no one seems to know what the CFL number is, or how to use it. </p> <p> Can I just get a simple explanation of the CFL number and a general range in which it should lie? </p> <p> Thank you!&nbsp; </p> <br class="clear" /> http://imechanica.org/node/3404#comments Computational Mechanics Forum CFD CFL Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:43:36 -0400 BFarley 3404 at http://imechanica.org