ASPECT Newsletter #113

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #113.
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:

#3879: update parameters (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3878: Principal stress visulization output (implemented by gassmoeller)
#3877: www: scale big logo to 100% width (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3876: www: use new logo (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3874: Unify postprocessor sceen output (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3872: Update trusted CI users (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#3871: Update dockerfile (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#3870: refactor set_default_assemblers to fix the Newton solver for heatflow boundaries (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3866: Allow non-uniform depth thicknesses for lateral averaging (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by jdannberg)
#3865: Minor improvements to surface diffusion (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3860: TimeStepping: implement a minimum time step size (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3841: Add phases to Peierls (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#3825: add new vep benchmark (implemented by naliboff; reviewed by jdannberg)
#3779: Quarter shell spherical periodic (implemented by kchotalia; reviewed by jdannberg)

And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:

#3875 Iterate error code -2: numerical breakdown (opened)
#3873 Possible causes of triggering ‘Assemblers Stokes Incompressible Terms’ error? (opened and closed)
#3869 Solve problem with Newton solver with heat flux boundaries (closed)
#3840 Add phases to Peierls creep (closed)

A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at this website.

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