Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #108.
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:
#3821: add missing newlines at EOF (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#3820: Add Peierls exact formulation (implemented by bobmyhill)
#3819: [WIP] fixed material averaging in steinberger (implemented by bobmyhill)
#3818: Introduce copy_particle_handler_function to particle world. (implemented by gassmoeller)
#3817: Ignore differences in line endings on Windows and Linux. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3816: List Menno, Anne, John as maintainers in the manual. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3815: Convert AUTHORS to markdown and add affiliations. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3814: Add an entry to the .bib file. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#3813: Fix function name (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#3812: fixed typos in deep source and header files (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3811: fixed some typos in source code comments/doc strings (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by tjhei)
#3810: corrected manual typos (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by bangerth)
#3809: corrected vof parameter typo (implemented by bobmyhill)
#3808: corrected geoid parameter typo (implemented by bobmyhill)
#3807: corrected some typos in tests (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by bangerth)
#3806: add my changelog entries (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3805: create and use is_defect_correction helper function. (implemented by MFraters)
#3804: Update the AUTHORS file. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3803: Minor updates to CONTRIBUTING.md. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3802: Remove some unnecessary 'typename’s. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3801: rename viscosity argument to base_viscosity in ConstantViscosityPrefactors (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by bangerth)
#3800: Added compute_strain_rate_and_derivative to ConstantViscosityPrefactors, with unit test (implemented by bobmyhill)
#3799: typo in lithosphere_mask description (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#3798: new mantle convection cookbook (implemented by cedrict)
#3797: Cookbooks in folder (implemented by alarshi)
#3795: Rename a member variable. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#3794: Update class documentation. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#3793: Fix grammar. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#3792: Adding a cookbook illustrating periodic boundaries (implemented by Geoniette)
#3791: correct quotes type in lithosphere mask manual entry (implemented by cedrict; reviewed by tjhei)
#3790: Always rebuild Newton stokes matrix on first nonlinear iteration (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by bangerth)
#3789: Fix a whitespace problem. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by MFraters)
#3787: Newton fail test fix (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by bangerth)
#3786: Extend documentation BT initial lithostatic pressure on coordinates. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by bangerth)
#3784: Cookbooks movearound (implemented by alarshi; reviewed by tjhei)
#3783: Refactor some code in Geoid postprocessor (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by jaustermann)
#3782: Use range-based for loops in a variety of places. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#3781: Timestepping plugin function (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#3780: Adding some helpful comments to GMG code (implemented by tcclevenger; reviewed by bangerth)
#3779: [WIP] Quarter shell spherical periodic (implemented by kchotalia)
#3778: Add syntax highlighting for prm files in vim editor (implemented by jperryhouts)
#3777: Changed dash to underscore convection_box_3d (implemented by erinheilman; reviewed by tjhei)
#3776: [WIP] geoid postprocessor working with free surface (implemented by mfmweerdesteijn)
#3775: Minor cleanups. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by MFraters)
#3773: [WIP] sea level postprocessor: finds and writes elevation of any desi… (implemented by mfmweerdesteijn)
#3772: added constructor for NamedAdditionalMaterialOutputs (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3771: World builder separate cmake project (implemented by MFraters)
#3770: Added Stabilization Factor for Elasticity (implemented by danieldouglas92)
#3769: Fix a typo. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#3768: [WIP] add teaching cookbooks and materials (implemented by jdannberg)
#3767: C++11: Avoid ‘typedef’ in favor of ‘using’ declarations. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3766: Fix frank kamenetskii rheology (implemented by naliboff; reviewed by bangerth)
#3765: Incorporating strain healing in strain dependent rheology (implemented by erinheilman)
#3764: [deal.II 9.3] Modernization of face loops. (implemented by bangerth)
#3763: TimeStepping: introduce plugins (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#3761: Fix a typo. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#3760: [WIP] Reorder particle advection for use with mesh deformation (implemented by anne-glerum)
#3759: added new strain rate and derivative functions to diffusion and dislocation creep (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3754: played with timestepping and added my results in the readme (implemented by EstherHeck; reviewed by bangerth)
#3739: Modified calculate_isostrain_viscosities function inputs. (implemented by alarshi; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3733: Perplex lookup volume fractions (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by jdannberg)
#3709: Optimize the newton solver scheme rebuild flags. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3703: Output the stress as a tensor, rather than individual scalar components. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3699: Search for correct version of astyle, in case multiple versions exist (implemented by jperryhouts; reviewed by tjhei)
#3524: Track viscoelastic stresses on particles (implemented by naliboff; reviewed by naliboff)
#3112: Create dc picard solver schemes (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#3822 Negative values of field when modeling subducting slab (opened)
#3796 The ConstantViscosity rheology doesn’t accept multiple compositions (opened and closed)
#3788 Isosurface: now only takes care of temperature and composition fields #3275 (opened)
#3785 An issue about phase transition. (opened)
#3774 C++11: Use range-based for loops (opened)
#3762 Unusual floating point exception in frank-kamenetskii viscosities. (opened and closed)
#3714 tests/zero_matrix fails on some machines (closed)
#2314 cotire errors, warnings and slow compile with gcc 7.3.0 (closed)
A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at this website.
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