[aspect-devel] ASPECT 1.0 released

Timo Heister heister at clemson.edu
Thu Apr 17 07:56:48 PDT 2014


I also updated the virtual machine at
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~heister/dealvm/

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Timo Heister <heister at clemson.edu> wrote:
> We are pleased to announce the release of ASPECT 1.0. ASPECT is the Advanced
> Solver for Problems in Earth ConvecTion. It uses modern numerical methods such
> as adaptive mesh refinement, multigrid, and a modular software design to
> provide a fast, flexible and extensible mantle convection solver. ASPECT is
> available from
>
>                    http://aspect.dealii.org/
>
> This release contains a large number of changes, incorporating about one year
> of work of the main authors and many contributors:
> - a lot of new documentation
> - new examples (2d/3d shells, GPlates, ...)
> - option to remove rotational/translational modes
> - big performance improvements
> - compositional fields: reactions, boundary conditions
> - support for periodic meshes
> - output of dynamic topography
> - incorporation of latent heat
> - experimental PETSc support
>
> Wolfgang Bangerth, Timo Heister, and many other contributors.
>
>
> --
> Timo Heister
> http://www.math.clemson.edu/~heister/



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