diff --git a/openfoam2012/continuemany.sh b/openfoam2012/continuemany.sh
index fd5f796359be2fe1d70b610b2c63b06dac1c2b3a..e011b218e9fac04b55dd4dc28f7d30346462d7f5 100755
--- a/openfoam2012/continuemany.sh
+++ b/openfoam2012/continuemany.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ echo "continue until ${endTime}"
 top="$(pwd)"
 for n in 1 2
 do
-  for logu in -2 -1 0 1
+  for logu in -1
   do
     cd "${top}"
     new="freeCylinderFlow-N${n}-u${logu}"
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ do
     then
       echo "continue ${new}" >> runmany.log
       cd "${new}"
-      sed -i 's#^end_time .*;$#end_time '"${end_Time}"';#' parameters
-      ./continue.sh $n
+      sed -i 's#^end_Time .*;$#end_Time '"${endTime}"';#' parameters
+      ./continue.sh
     else
       echo "could not continue ${new} because nonexistent"
     fi
diff --git a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/continue.sh b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/continue.sh
index df6e6dc9310daee0cae2d0575b8e3d6fbaf035bb..506164e80b67171a994fd649febb7cc3bd3fc9c7 100755
--- a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/continue.sh
+++ b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/continue.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env sh
 set -e
 # f = force = do not error on nonexisting files
-rm -rf 'postProcessing/patchAverage(name=cylinder,mag(grad(T)))'
-rm -rf '0/grad(T)'
-rm -rf '0/mag(grad(T))'
+# rm -rf 'postProcessing/patchAverage(name=cylinder,mag(grad(T)))'
+# rm -rf '0/grad(T)'
+# rm -rf '0/mag(grad(T))'
 
 decomposePar -force
 foamJob -wait -p buoyantBoussinesqPimpleFoam
diff --git a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/parameters b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/parameters
index c3ca90ab391830e5e07f8300668405adb986ebc0..2f80399248d2d095ba4486dd4d4ef662df934496 100644
--- a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/parameters
+++ b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/parameters
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-N 1;
+N 4;
 inVelocity 5e-2;
 Tinf 300;
 Tw 400;
 Pr_t 1.0;
 thickness 1;
 radius 1;
-end_Time 5;
+end_Time 20;
diff --git a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/blockMeshDict b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/blockMeshDict
index 799a36298545ea9a80097f4ca9579c4245081b81..f66b17b4641505ff4ce96d05fdf91d07f0ec70de 100644
--- a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/blockMeshDict
+++ b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/blockMeshDict
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ ghi 18;  // grading horizontally in front of square
 gho 30;  // grading horizontall behind the square
 gv  16;  // grading vertically below or above square
 // gvs, ghs not done
-gr #eval{pow(1.1,$cr)};   // grading in radial direction in square
-/* gr 3;  */
+/* gr #eval{min(pow(1.1,$cr),45)};   // grading in radial direction in square  */
+gr 45;
 
 vertices
 (
diff --git a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/controlDict b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/controlDict
index f9af0036566a5913e48ee9ec1afff25179843373..7797a9ea33e5212b94e2fc41eacabcb1f530033c 100644
--- a/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/controlDict
+++ b/openfoam2012/freeCylinderFlow/system/controlDict
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ stopAt          endTime;
 /* endTime         1000;  */
 endTime         $end_Time;  // hoping that steady state or regular fluctuation is reached
 
-deltaT          0.01;
+deltaT          0.1;
 
 adjustTimeStep  yes;
 maxCo           1;  // according to some forum, this does not destroy stability but accuracy
-maxDeltaT       0.1;  // otherwise for low Reynold numbers, time step became > 1 s
+maxDeltaT       0.2;  // otherwise for low Reynold numbers, time step became > 1 s
 
 writeControl    runTime;
 
-writeInterval   0.1;
+writeInterval   1;
 
 purgeWrite      0;
 
diff --git a/openfoam2012/runmany.sh b/openfoam2012/runmany.sh
index 90ec09cdd0e8941b0a96837925bd0e0fd007a783..e3ea6203b670ad15d682fd9ec6896dce16182ac5 100755
--- a/openfoam2012/runmany.sh
+++ b/openfoam2012/runmany.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env sh
 set -e
+rm -f freeCylinderFlow/scripts.log
 echo "" >> runmany.archive
 touch runmany.log
 cat runmany.log >> runmany.archive 2> /dev/null
 echo "" > runmany.log
 top="$(pwd)"
-for n in 1 2
+for n in 1 #2 4
 do
-  for logu in -2 -1 0 1
+  for logu in 0 #-1 # 1 -2
   do
     cd "${top}"
     new="freeCylinderFlow-N${n}-u${logu}"