Hello everyone!
This is ASPECT newsletter #224.
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:
#6711: Move InversseVelocityBlock to a header file for block Stokes preconditioning and add template arguments for vector/matrix type.[WIP]. (implemented by quangx)
#6710: Add new particle addition algorithms (WIP) (implemented by JarettBakerDunn)
#6709: fix equation in material model documentation (implemented by naliboff; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6705: Add readmes for all cookbooks + benchmarks (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6703: doxygen: add AMS extensions (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6702: Introduce page tags into documentation (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6701: fix the invalid formula in the documentation of class ViscoPlastic (implemented by YiminJin)
#6699: doxygen: fix formulas using good mathjax location (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6698: fix two doxygen function arguments (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6697: update parameters (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6696: Do not access timer inside subsection (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6692: Update reference tester version. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#6691: Fix fastscape warning (implemented by tiannh7; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6690: doc: update docker instructions and mention ghcr.io (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6689: Fix escape symbols (implemented by tiannh7; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6688: Add assertions. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by jdannberg)
#6687: Do some error checking to avoid accessing invalid vector elements. (implemented by bangerth)
#6684: Add GMG global coarsening test (implemented by quangx; reviewed by tjhei)
#6680: improve SHmax postprocess (implemented by tiannh7; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6676: Make particle distribution score postprocessor sum particles across cell boundaries (implemented by JarettBakerDunn; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6660: Prescribed fields plugins (implemented by lhy11009; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6659: Add Iterated advection, no stokes solver scheme (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by jdannberg)
#6651: Particle deletion using point density function (implemented by JarettBakerDunn; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#6645: Provide a useful error message. (implemented by bangerth; reviewed by gassmoeller)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#6708 GMG-GC: implement free slip (opened)
#6707 GMG-GC: implement “no averaging” (opened)
#6706 GMG-GC: implement free surface (opened)
#6704 Rework cookbooks and benchmarks with internal constraints using the prescribed solution plugin system (opened)
#6700 Using the correct part of strian rate for dislocation creep rheology and plastic weakening (opened)
#6695 doxygen files cannot display formulas (opened and closed)
#6694 Additional FastScape output uses continental erosional parameters for the marine domain (opened)
#6693 Develop new benchmarks comparing the sticky-air and ALE (free-surface) approaches (opened)
#6686 Boundary convective heat flux manager makes questionable choices 
(opened and closed)
#6679 Improvements to maximum_horizontal_compressive_stress Plugin (closed)
A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at this website.
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