ASPECT Newsletter #186

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #186.
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:

#5521: Fix comment output undeformed mesh (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5520: Use the deepest initial lithostatic pressure on the bottom traction boundary (implemented by anne-glerum)
#5519: Fix tester warning (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5518: Avoid the use of plugin_type_matches() where not appropriate. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5517: Add an assertion. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5516: Make better use of Plugins::plugin_type_matches(). (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#5515: Sort the order of base classes. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5514: Add assertions. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5513: Better describe what a piece of code is doing. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5511: Remove an unused function from two geometry models. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5510: Adds new publications for November (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5509: Update point_is_in_domain function (implemented by anne-glerum)
#5508: update parameters (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5507: [WIP] interpolate into non-ghosted vector to avoid assert (implemented by gassmoeller)
#5506: Return user-set maximum topography when the initial topography model Function is asked for the max topography (implemented by anne-glerum)
#5503: Make sure stuff in compat.h/cc is guarded by a deal.II version. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5502: Update particle benchmark documentation (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5501: Avoid the use of raw pointers. Use std::unique_ptr instead. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5499: Fix for git incompatibility (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5498: Switch reference tester to deal.II 9.5 (implemented by gassmoeller)
#5497: Towards a SphericalShellWithTopography. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5496: Fix tester artifact upload (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5495: Add NETCDF_DIR variable to tester image (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5493: Make a variable ‘unsigned’. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5492: The handwritten import() method is removed as it is now a part of Tri… (implemented by vyushut; reviewed by tjhei)
#5491: Update tester images with netcdf (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5490: update parameters (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5486: enable netCDF by default (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5485: Jenkins: enable netcdf (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5484: support netcdf in prm files (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5481: Treat noflow boundaries as inflow (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5480: Fix elastic stress used in principal_stress postprocessor (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5478: Fix particle rk4 integration box periodicity correction (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by MFraters)
#5474: Create a manifold for the spherical shell that can accommodate an initial topography. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#4375: fixed stress visualization for elastic materials (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)

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

#5512 CI: Avoid error message in CI output (opened and closed)
#5505 Unable to set checkpoints using mpi (opened)
#5504 MGTransfer asserts on deal.II master (opened)
#5500 ‘Allow fixed composition/temperature on outflow boundaries’ does not work correctly in time step zero, iteration 0 with open boundary (opened)
#5494 documentation: weird double scrollbars (opened)

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

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