[aspect-devel] ASPECT Newsletter #12

[Rene Gassmoeller]

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #12.
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:

#1192: Add strain weakening option to the visco_plastic material model (proposed by naliboff) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1192

#1191: Add results of manual generation to gitignore (proposed by class4kayaker; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1191

#1190: create test output subdirectories if necessary (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1190

#1189: Component-wise value calculation (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1189

#1188: Always pass vtk flags time into the output (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1188

#1187: Add topography to coarse mesh box (proposed by anne-glerum) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1187

#1186: Add time information to .visit files (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1186

#1185: Not longer construct FEValues in local_advect_particles (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1185

#1184: Add entry changes (proposed by anne-glerum; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1184

#1183: Address comments pr 1182 (proposed by anne-glerum; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1183

#1182: Plugin to add initial topography from an ascii file (proposed by anne-glerum; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1182

#1181: Add origin height to reference height (proposed by anne-glerum; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1181

#1180: Send CellId during particle mpi transfer (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1180

#1177: Bug fix for DG temperature Dirichlet boundary condition (proposed by yinghe616) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1177

#1176: Add function to check whether a point is in the user-defined domain (proposed by anne-glerum; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1176

#1175: Correct spelling (proposed by anne-glerum; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1175

#1174: Average 'point values' in cases where multiple processors' domains overlap. (proposed by jperryhouts; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1174

#1173: Fix a line with trailing spaces. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1173

#1172: Use mapping for point values. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1172

#1171: several changes using introspection advection field,  degree and component index (proposed by yinghe616; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1171

#1169: [WIP] Improved point_values exception error message (proposed by jperryhouts; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1169

#1168: [WIP] Manual entry for tests (proposed by class4kayaker) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1168

#1167: Speedup particle sorting (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1167


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

#1179: Testsuite directories (opened and closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1179

#1178: Periodic boundary condition implementation for the DG advection solver (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1178

#1170: Use mapping in point value postprocessor (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1170

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


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


Thanks for being part of the community!


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