Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #190.
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:
#5584: [WIP] Update the World builder to version 0.6 (implemented by MFraters)
#5583: Use new deal.II function to retrieve particle location (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5582: During particle advection only check for periodic boundaries in boundary cells (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5581: Only evaluate particle velocities if needed (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5580: Fixup newton solver and elastic rheology (implemented by YiminJin)
#5579: Add a changelog. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5578: Report World Builder version on model start (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5577: Add the finishing touches on importing global topography. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5576: [WIP] Add a detailed description of constitutive laws to the ASPECT manual (implemented by naliboff)
#5575: add new transform fault cookbook (implemented by jdannberg)
#5574: Remove an unnecessary check (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5573: Update documentation. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5572: Import global topography with longitudes 0…2*pi. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5571: Document spherical coordinates better. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5567: Add a test for global topography on a chunk geometry. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5565: Add sundials to tester image (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5564: require CMake 3.3.0 (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5563: Implement a ‘surface elevation’ visualization postprocessor. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5383: Update cmake requirement (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#5367: require SUNDIALS and deal.II 9.5 (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by bangerth)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#5570 Improve matrix-free performance marginally. (opened)
#5569 compiling and running ASPECT on TACC Stampede3 (opened)
#5568 ASPECT 3: Update some of our default values (opened)
#5566 Build deal.ii 9.5.1 with gcc 13.2.0, an error while building trillinos 13.2.0 (opened and closed)
#5504 MGTransfer asserts on deal.II master (closed)
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