PyLith v3.0.3 released

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PyLith v3.0.3 now available

I am pleased to announce the release of PyLith 3.0.3, a finite-element code designed to solve dynamic elastic problems and quasi-static viscoelastic problems in tectonic deformation.

You can download the source code and binaries from
https://geodynamics.org/resources/pylith

Documentation
https://pylith.readthedocs.org/en/v3.0.3

Release Notes

This is a bug fix release with no new features or changes to the user interface.

  • Fixed duplicate integration of fault terms if a fault had one material on one side and multiple materials on the other side.
  • Fixed bugs related to running in parallel.
    • Creating constraints on buried fault edges failed for some mesh distribution cases.
    • Green’s function problems did not manage fault impulses on multiple processes.
    • Creating a point mesh for OutputSolnPoints failed when running in parallel.
    • PetscSF inconsistencies generated errors at various times when running in parallel.
  • Update to PETSc 3.18.0.

Note: We now use PETSc routines to write the HDF5 files.
As a result, there is one change to the layout: topology/cells is now viz/topology/cells.
The corresponding Xdmf files reflect this change.

Binary packages

  • Update to Python 3.10.6.
  • Use gmforker process manager with MPICH to avoid localhost name issues.
  • This release include a macOS arm64 binary

Known issues

  • The default PETSc options provide a computationally expensive preconditioner when solving incompressible elasticity problems in parallel. We expect to have a more optimal preconditioner in the next release.

Contributors

  • Brad Aagaard
  • Matthew Knepley
  • Charles Williams