Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #221.
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:
#6654: Avoid circular include (implemented by gassmoeller)
#6653: Improve documentation of mesh deformation system (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6652: small typo fixes (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6651: Particle deletion using point density function (implemented by JarettBakerDunn)
#6650: Fix capitalization of ParticleDistributionStatistics (implemented by JarettBakerDunn; reviewed by tjhei)
#6649: Fix capitalization of ParticleDistributionScore postprocessor (implemented by JarettBakerDunn; reviewed by tjhei)
#6648: Restructure BlockSchurPreconditioner so it can be used for both AMG and GMG (implemented by quangx; reviewed by tjhei)
#6647: Re-use rather than re-created std::regex objects. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#6645: Provide a useful error message. (implemented by bangerth)
#6644: Bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5 (implemented by dependabot[bot]; reviewed by tjhei)
#6643: Expand resource usage report at model end to include energy and carbon intensity (implemented by gassmoeller)
#6642: Rename a changelog entry. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6641: Add a changelog entry. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6640: Github-Actions: use deal.II 9.6 for nounity and indent+doc tester (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6639: Set reasonable viscosities in tests (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6638: switch tester with comparisons to deal.II 9.6 (implemented by tjhei)
#6637: Particles::writer() remove outdated comments about passing by ref (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6635: Make sure cleanup code actually runs at the end of the run. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#6634: disable floating point exception during finalization (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6632: Rename parameter into ‘Use years instead of seconds’ (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6631: Micro-edit. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by MFraters)
#6630: Fix index sets for AffineConstraints. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#6626: Allow recursive includes from command line (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6625: Added timing statistics postprocessor (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6624: July2025 (implemented by ljhwang; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6622: Make sure no file is truly empty. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#6621: [WIP] Make maximum entropy viscosity dimension dependent (implemented by gassmoeller)
#6619: Simplify code and avoid dereferencing null pointer (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6618: Update phase transition kinetics cookbook (implemented by buchanankerswell; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6613: fix reference to kronbichler et al 2012 and beta documentation (implemented by danieldouglas92; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6610: reset prescribed boundary condition when having reaction (implemented by RanpengLi; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6598: Code cleanup of particle distribution function (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#6590: Document a piece of code. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by tjhei)
#6555: Add Steinberger material model data file (implemented by poulamiiroy; reviewed by gassmoeller)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#6646 Unreadable list of input parameters. (opened)
#6636 half space cooling model (opened and closed)
#6633 ARM geodynamics/aspect image crashes with CGAL error at exit (opened and closed)
#6629 Mesh deformation needs to also create Dirichlet boundary velocity constraints. (opened)
#6628 Mesh deformations need to be additive. (opened)
#6627 Documentation inconsistent with updates to plate velocity parameter changes (opened)
#6623 Fix wrong use of DoF index sets. (opened and closed)
#6620 Make the entropy viscosity stabilization parameter beta dimension-dependent (opened)
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