# CIG New Release: ConMan v3.0.0

**URL:** <https://community.geodynamics.org/t/cig-new-release-conman-v3-0-0/1088>\
**Category:** Mantle Convection\
**Created:** [February 4, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/cig-new-release-conman-v3-0-0/1088 "2020-02-04T20:51:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 4, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/cig-new-release-conman-v3-0-0/1088/1 "2020-02-04T20:51:06Z")

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**NEW RELEASE: CONMAN V3.0.0**

CIG is pleased to announce a new release of **ConMan (version  
3.0.0)**, a 2D Cartesian finite element code for mantle convection. In this release, the cumbersome c-based  
malloc package for dynamic memory allocation in Fortran77 is replaced with  
allocate and deallocate statements. The  
new version includes the compressible convection formulations commonly used in  
deep earth dynamics as well as examples from the subduction zone  
benchmark. Users looking for a simple code  
that uses a direct matrix solver and has no external library dependencies may  
find this code to be a useful starting point.

Please navigate to the ConMan software page to **download** the latest release: [https://geodynamics.org/cig/software/conman/  
 ](https://geodynamics.org/cig/software/conman/)

To get **help** , please post to the **Mantle Convection forum** : [https://community.geodynamics.org/c/mantle-convection/12](https://community.geodynamics.org/c/mantle-convection/12)

The authors request you **cite** the following when using the code:

> King, S.; Raefsky, A.; Hager, B.H. (2020), ConMan version 3.0.0, Zenodo, doi: [10.5281/zenodo.3633152](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3633152), url: [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3633152](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3633152)

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> King, S.D.; Raefsky, A.; Hager, B.H. (1990), Conman: vectorizing a finite element code for incompressible two-dimensional convection in the Earth’s mantle, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 59 (3) , 195-207, doi: [10.1016/0031-9201(90)90225-M](http://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9201(90)90225-M), url: [http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/003192019090225M](http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/003192019090225M)

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Complete citations for all CIG codes can be found here: [https://geodynamics.org/cig/abc](https://geodynamics.org/cig/abc)

_Many thanks to Scott King for his development and support of ConMan._