Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #201.
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:
#6001: Prevent division-by-zero in composite visco plastic (implemented by gassmoeller)
#6000: Fix some more small documentation things. (implemented by drwells; reviewed by tjhei)
#5999: Dike injection from Sibiao (@sibiaoliu) for commenting (implemented by anne-glerum)
#5998: added phases test for CompositeViscoPlastic (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5997: Introduce small vector type alias (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5996: Simplify use of phase function for computing volume fractions (implemented by gassmoeller)
#5995: Reference list prettyfication (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#5993: Updates some recently discovered missing publications (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5992: Updating some missed publications (implemented by ljhwang)
#5991: Create grain size evolution reaction model (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5990: added isostress averaging to CompositeViscoPlastic (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5987: Make some code marginally easier to read. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by bobmyhill)
#5985: improved documentation of elastic stabilization factor (implemented by bobmyhill; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5984: [WIP] add elasticity to CompositeViscoPlastic (implemented by bobmyhill)
#5981: Only use reference strain rate during the first nonlinear iteration in viscoplastic material model (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5970: Add option to use adiabatic pressure to determine yield stress in visco plastic rheology (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#5940: Remove particle update ghost parameter (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#2744: Nonlinear solver: deal with failure (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#6002 Continental extension cookbook fails with gmg solver (opened)
#5994 Fixed compositional field (and temperature) boundary conditions on deforming boundaries (opened)
#5989 Move FastScape restarting functionality into the ASPECT checkpointing framework (opened)
#5988 deal.II-v9.5.2 missing bundled directory (opened)
#5986 Warning: handling deprecated packages (opened)
#2046 Make grain size evolution more efficient (closed)
A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at this website.
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