Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #102.
It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the ASPECT mantle convection code.
Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features:
#3514: Fix tangential BCs for GMG (proposed by tcclevenger; merged)
#3513: fixing a small typo in documentation (proposed by pkestene; merged)
#3510: add IDR(s) Stokes Kylov solver (proposed by tcclevenger)
#3509: Bypass topography in coordinate conversion (proposed by anne-glerum)
#3508: Fix compiler warning (proposed by anne-glerum; merged)
#3507: Add info unit boundary velocity (proposed by anne-glerum; merged)
#3506: add another publication with ASPECT (proposed by jdannberg; merged)
#3505: Add a paper that is based on ASPECT. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#3504: Allow disable EV for compositions at boundaries (proposed by gassmoeller)
#3503: add unittest for Utilities::AsciiDataLookup (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3502: Fix call to AsciiDataLookup::get_gradients() (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#3501: add project to Q1 only viscosity averaging (proposed by tcclevenger; merged)
#3500: Add Viscoelastic Cantilever Benchmark (proposed by danieldouglas92)
#3499: Add a benchmark that solves the entropy equation (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#3498: add project_cellwise function (proposed by tcclevenger; merged)
#3497: Added stabilization interface for advection assemblers (proposed by gassmoeller)
#3496: Change input method, allowing single input value for compositions and… (proposed by lhy11009)
#3495: add Q1 viscosity projection for GMG (proposed by tcclevenger)
#3493: WIP: add more tests for reference before optimizing. (proposed by MFraters)
#3492: Move dynamic_friction functionality to an existing rheology module (proposed by naliboff)
#3491: Maintenance May 2020 (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3490: add gmg objects to memory stats (proposed by tcclevenger; merged)
#3489: Fix visco plastic finite difference (proposed by MFraters; merged)
#3488: separate two merged boxes from box geometry model (proposed by MFraters)
#3487: reduce gmg storage (proposed by tcclevenger; merged)
#3486: update doc/make_cite_html.py (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3485: Cookbooks folder conversion: gplates (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3484: www: update readme (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3483: www: update js database (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3482: Extend particle property update interface (proposed by gassmoeller)
#3480: Allow tangential mesh velocities for zero Stokes velocity boundaries (proposed by anne-glerum; merged)
#3478: Visualization: add averaged stress/strain option (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3477: .gitignore output folders (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3476: Make Assert AssertThrow in vp (proposed by anne-glerum; merged)
#3475: Add website checkbox for projected density approximation (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#3474: Add citation for latest paper (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#3473: [WIP] Add plastic damper to plasticity (proposed by naliboff)
#3472: averaged strain rate postprocessor (proposed by tjhei)
#3471: add missing deal.II header (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3470: check MPI return values (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3469: Use Utilities::fexists where appropriate (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#3468: Fix renaming variable checkpoint data (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#3467: Parameter view: search url (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3464: Make error message clearer. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#3460: Fix newton tosi benchmark (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#3457: Allow requests for material properties (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#3453: Use diagonal strengthing in advection solve (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3447: Add a spiral sampling method in gravity postprocessor (proposed by LudovicJnnt; merged)
#3445: Patterns::Double and Integer arguments (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#3363: Adiabatic boundary (proposed by njinju; merged)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#3512 No normal flux GMG parallel issues (opened and closed)
#3511 Mesh deformation function plugin misses conversion to m/yr (opened)
#3494 Expected template-name before “<” token… (opened)
#3481 Numerical breakdown regarding pressure BCs (opened and closed)
#3479 Compiler warnings dangling else (opened)
#3463 resume computation fails with particles (closed)
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