[aspect-devel] ASPECT Newsletter #10

[Rene Gassmoeller]

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #10.
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:

#1152: Initialize coupling tables with DoFTools::none. (proposed by spco) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1152

#1150: Minor updates to the manual. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1150

#1149: Manual update (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1149

#1147: Introduce AdvectionField::scalar_extractor (fix issue 755) (proposed by yinghe616; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1147

#1146: Introduce AdvectionField::degrees using introspection.degrees.field_name (proposed by yinghe616; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1146

#1144: Use VectorTools::interpolate with component mask for interpolation (proposed by class4kayaker; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1144

#1143: Add some more documentation. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1143

#1142: Use T1 encoding for latex fonts; also use lmodern package. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1142

#1138: Better format matrix nonzero statistics. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1138

#1137: use Aspect_DIR for cmake (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1137

#1136: Make Advection-only consistent with other schemes (proposed by class4kayaker; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1136

#1135: Improve latex formatting of two .prm entries. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1135

#1134: Fix test output (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1134

#1133: Fix make_flux_sparsity_pattern() to use internal and flux masks in parallel (proposed by spco; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1133

#1123: Add a file CONTRIBUTING.md. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1123

#1099: Initial topography plugin prm polygon (proposed by MFraters; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1099

#1071: Simplify particle property initialization (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1071


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

#1151: Getting deall.II and ASPECT to install without PETSc using CANDI (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1151

#1148: consider changing the cmake package name to ASPECT (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1148

#1145: Call compute_current_constraints only once in Simulator::set_initial_temperature_and_compositional_fields() (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1145

#1141: Use VectorTools::interpolate() with a mask (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1141

#1140: Write manual entry on writing tests (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1140

#1139: Initialize elements of the 'coupling' table (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1139

#905: composition solver scheme is different in Advection_only compared to other solver schemes (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/905

#755: Introduce AdvectionField::scalar_extractor (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/755


A list of all major changes since the last release can be found at https://aspect.dealii.org/doc/doxygen/changes_current.html.


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