Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #179.
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:
#5299: “where not” → “were not” (implemented by bobmyhill)
#5297: Require fields of type entropy in entropy assembler and adiabatic con… (implemented by jdannberg)
#5296: Viscoplastic lookup table [WIP] (implemented by ryanstoner1)
#5295: Replace manual contributing content with CONTRIBUTING.md. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5294: update description in update_parameters.sh (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5293: Fix Britishism (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by jdannberg)
#5292: add comments, rename variables in vep-related rheologies (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by bangerth)
#5291: Remove a function argument. (implemented by bangerth)
#5290: Minor code updates in a couple of places. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5289: remove duplicated code (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by bangerth)
#5288: Rename a function to better indicate what it is doing. (implemented by bangerth)
#5287: Replace post-increment with pre-increment (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5286: Use more curly brace initialization in return statements. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5285: Fix the reference for Muparser. (implemented by alarshi; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5284: Add elastic utilities (implemented by MFraters)
#5283: Prefer ‘modeling’ over ‘modelling’. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5282: Use ‘behavior’ over ‘behaviour.’ (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5281: Fix grammar. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5280: Use a simpler way to return a map. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5279: Mark up two variables as math. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5277: Add changelog entry for 5268 (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5276: add lower crustal flow cookbook (implemented by cedrict)
#5275: Enable iterative viscosity dampening (implemented by naliboff)
#5274: Follow-up: Do not leave NaN values in output vectors. (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5273: doc: explain cookbooks/check.mk (implemented by tjhei)
#5272: [2.5] take over #5270: more cookbook/benchmark fixes (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5271: contribute cookbook: simple subduction initiation (implemented by cedrict)
#5270: more cookbook/benchmark fixes (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by naliboff)
#5269: Composition-dependent phase transition cookbook (implemented by lhy11009)
#5268: Always provide strain rate to material model (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5267: Use a range-based for loop. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5266: Update test and plugin description and add test (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by bangerth)
#5265: Use range-based for loops. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5264: Remove todo to assert that viscosity has been requested and computed (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5263: Make it less obscure when we return a pair of empty strings. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5262: Use list initialization when returning … lists 
(implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5261: Use a better name for a variable that indicates that it’s a number. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5260: Add compositional dependence on viscosity in the Steinberger material model (implemented by poulamiiroy)
#5259: Vankeken 2008 subduction benchmark (implemented by danieldouglas92)
#5258: Add drexpp v3 [WIP] (implemented by srivatsvyas)
#5257: Do not assign a signaling NaN to a bool (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5256: Material model branch (implemented by alarshi)
#5255: new inclusions cookbook (implemented by cedrict; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5254: Rheology and conductivity modification for the entropy plugin (implemented by RanpengLi)
#5253: Do not leave NaN values in output vectors. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#5252: [2.5] take over #5251: fix for latest deal.II master: support cell_weight (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5251: fix for latest deal.II master: support cell_weight (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#5249: [2.5] take over #5235 (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#5248: Steinberger multicomponent main (implemented by poulamiiroy)
#5247: Poison values not computed. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5246: added entropy as optional field type (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by MFraters)
#5245: [WIP] Create reactive fluid transport material model (implemented by naliboff)
#5244: Remove virtual when there is an override keyword from more functions. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5243: Fix some remaining release tasks. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5242: only add the assemblers we actually need (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5241: remove virtual from functions with override within cpo particle property (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5240: Add a default local.cfg for a candi installation (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5239: Be safer and more correct when using strain rate (implemented by gassmoeller)
#5237: std::[io]fstream can take file names as std::string. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5236: Avoid use of taking .c_str() just to convert back to std::string. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5235: fix cookbook/benchmark warnings (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5234: [2.5] wb warnings (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5233: allow a different list of assemblers for each advection field (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5231: Remove references to manual.bib (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5230: Fix for warnings from world builder. (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by tjhei)
#5229: Apply strict cutoff to the Peierls stress (implemented by lhy11009; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5228: Update the name of the official tester image in documentation (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5227: Use log value of strain rate and stress in computing exact Peierls vi… (implemented by lhy11009; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5226: Gravity std::pow() update (implemented by ryanstoner1; reviewed by bangerth)
#5225: Replace viscoplastic parameter with Enable elasticity (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by bangerth)
#5224: Make sure cells are consistently ordered. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5223: Change particle postprocessor writer from raw pointers to unique pointers (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by bangerth)
#5222: Fix documentation layout (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5221: correctly set up two merged boxes for nonzero Y origin (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5220: Allowing multiple traction models for a boundary (implemented by chameerasilva)
#5219: [2.5] particle ref bug (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by tjhei)
#5218: Check that material model supports elasticity when it is enabled (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5217: A little clean up and one addition found while reviewing (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by bangerth)
#5216: [WIP] Update cig logo option for sphinx (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5215: Improve the documentation on how to build the manual (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5214: add a new benchmark for volatiles release, migration and reabsoption (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by naliboff)
#5213: Do not bind temporaries to references. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5212: Add a bunch of index checks. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5211: [WIP] Make the GMG solver the new default solver. (implemented by gassmoeller)
#5210: CI: run on branches (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5209: [2.5] take over extern template #5188 (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#5208: [Urgent] Fix ‘main’ breakage. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#5207: Improve code readability in small ways in two places. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#5206: Prefer std::array over C-style arrays. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#5205: Replace use of C-style array by std::array. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#5204: Fix the year of a citation. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5203: Document the purpose of a command. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5202: Set default build type to DebugRelease (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5201: improved parameter description for replace_placeholders function (implemented by mfmweerdesteijn; reviewed by bangerth)
#5200: Remove latex manual (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5199: Limit time step increase. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5198: remove the condition DEAL_II_VERSION_GTE (implemented by chameerasilva; reviewed by bangerth)
#5197: make assert throw consistent between geometry models for whether a po… (implemented by mfmweerdesteijn; reviewed by bangerth)
#5196: Removed a deprecated option (implemented by poulamiiroy; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5195: Adding a few new publications (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by bangerth)
#5194: removed a deprecated option (implemented by RanpengLi; reviewed by bangerth)
#5193: Removed a deprecated option (implemented by mgouiza; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5192: Remove unused option core (implemented by mfmweerdesteijn; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5191: Removed a deprecated option (implemented by Wang-yijun; reviewed by bangerth)
#5190: Removed a deprecated option (implemented by srivatsvyas; reviewed by bangerth)
#5189: Remove unused option (implemented by mfmweerdesteijn; reviewed by bangerth)
#5188: Explain to the compiler that there is an external instantiation of some member variables. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#5187: Make the protected object public to use its functions elsewhere. (implemented by alarshi; reviewed by bangerth)
#5185: fix compiling with newest deal.II master (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by MFraters)
#5184: post 2.5.0 release (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
#5183: fix doxygen indentation (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5182: remove outdated cmake check (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5181: Release notes for 2.5.0 (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5180: Update copyright year. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5178: Increase GMRES restart for nsinker_spherical_shell (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5065: add a new plugin for random initial temperature perturbations (implemented by jdannberg; reviewed by bangerth)
#5039: Field types for multicomponent incompressible and derived modules (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4979: Add CPO main postprocessor (implemented by MFraters; reviewed by gassmoeller)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#5298 Document partially successful tests (opened)
#5278 Compiler warning signalling_nan for bool (opened and closed)
#5250 particle cell_weight error with deal.II master (opened and closed)
#5238 artificial viscosity visualization postprocessor does not work on more than 1 processor (opened and closed)
#5232 Document what to do with check.mk when writing new cookbooks (opened)
#5186 gcc 13 (Trilinos, dealii and aspect) (opened)
#5147 How do I add a hyperdense layer around the CMB in the Steinberger model? (closed)
#4999 Time dependent ascii data issue for boundary traction (closed)
#4985 Material models do not check whether Enable elasticity is true even if they don’t support it (closed)
#4969 Github action to build docker container occasionally cancelled (closed)
#4935 Simplify fill_plastic_outputs that fills PlasticAdditionalOutputs (closed)
#4692 Documentation: Notes not copied (closed)
#4653 Documentation: Problems with section on Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian implementation (closed)
#4496 Limit the growth of the time step size (closed)
#4485 Further optimize the gravity postprocessor (closed)
#4297 How to visualize all compositional field/ material field. (closed)
#4056 Surface stress postprocessor gives different results in 3d (closed)
#3549 More control on timestepping logic (closed)
#3399 Should initial topography be part of the mesh deformation module? (closed)
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