# ASPECT Newsletter #84

**URL:** <https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-84/737>\
**Category:** ASPECT\
**Created:** [July 24, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-84/737 "2019-07-24T18:00:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![rgassmoeller](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.geodynamics.org/rgassmoeller/32/49_2.png) [@rgassmoeller](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/rgassmoeller)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/aspect-newsletter-84/737/1 "2019-07-24T18:00:13Z")

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Hello everyone!

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       This is ASPECT newsletter #84.

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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:

[#3187](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3187): fix a few clang-tidy suggestions (proposed by [tjhei](https://github.com/tjhei))  
[#3185](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3185): Minor cleanups while looking at something VoF related. (proposed by [bangerth](https://github.com/bangerth))  
[#3184](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3184): Add a rheological parameter to visco\_plastic (proposed by [naliboff](https://github.com/naliboff))  
[#3183](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3183): Add more spiegelman benchmark files (proposed by [MFraters](https://github.com/MFraters))  
[#3182](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3182): Streamline pull request template (proposed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); merged)  
[#3181](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3181): Reorder writing checkpoints (proposed by [gassmoeller](https://github.com/gassmoeller); merged)  
[#3179](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3179): Add new solver scheme: single advection, iterated Newton Stokes (proposed by [anne-glerum](https://github.com/anne-glerum); merged)  
[#3088](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3088): Python contrib (proposed by [MarineLasbleis](https://github.com/MarineLasbleis); merged)

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

[#3186](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/3186) Status of the Volume of Fluid implementation (opened)

A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at [this website](https://aspect.geodynamics.org/doc/doxygen/changes_current.html) .

Thanks for being part of the community!

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Let us know about questions, problems, bugs or just share your experience by visting our [forum](https://community.geodynamics.org/c/aspect), or by opening issues or pull requests on [Github](https://www.github.com/geodynamics/aspect).
Additional information can be found at our [official website](https://aspect.geodynamics.org/), and CIG's [ASPECT website](https://geodynamics.org/cig/software/aspect/).
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