ASPECT Newsletter #246

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #246.
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:

#7409: Fix Global Coarsening GMG tangential boundary conditions (implemented by tjhei)
#7408: Improve local-smoothing mesh deformation GMG constraints and transfer (implemented by tjhei)
#7407: add python plotting script & new figure for geomio cookbook (implemented by JarettBakerDunn)
#7406: Add Gibbs free energy model (implemented by lhy11009)
#7405: add python plotting script for benchmarks/rayleigh_taylor_instability (implemented by JarettBakerDunn)
#7404: GMG: provide eigenvalues on coarse Schur mass matrix (implemented by tjhei)
#7403: [WIP] Do not allow initial topography with initial mesh deformation (implemented by anne-glerum)
#7401: [WIP] Add explicit residual calculation after Stokes GMG solve (implemented by gassmoeller)
#7399: Switch one test to GC GMG to make it more robust. (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#7398: Add hydrous Ball melt fraction postprocessor (implemented by PatriciaRodBat)
#7397: Remove outdated definition that uses deprecated std function (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by bangerth)
#7396: Clarify Which Prescribed Dilation (implemented by danieldouglas92)
#7394: Increase resolution on one underresolved test (implemented by gassmoeller; reviewed by tjhei)
#7393: Update function name in throw message (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#7392: Add interpolate_respect_boundary for elastic_stress particle property late initialisation (implemented by anne-glerum)
#7391: Compute reactions only on selected fields (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#7390: Switch reference tester deal.II version to 9.8 (implemented by gassmoeller)
#7389: Fix some comments (implemented by anne-glerum; reviewed by danieldouglas92)
#7388: Update viscoplastic doc on using old stress fields. (implemented by alarshi; reviewed by bangerth)
#7387: Update Darcy Documentation (implemented by danieldouglas92; reviewed by bangerth)
#7382: --validate performs more checks (implemented by tjhei; reviewed by gassmoeller)
#7355: Add Timing Statistics to Landlab and PUI (implemented by danieldouglas92; reviewed by tjhei)
#7306: update manual images for convection-box-2d (implemented by JarettBakerDunn; reviewed by alarshi)

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

#7402 Two-way reaction chains by sign of the Gibbs free energy difference (opened)
#7400 Particles vs Composition for elastic stress; different solutions (opened)
#7395 Compile error with Apple clang (opened and closed)
#7353 pressure scaling update correct? (closed)

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

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