[aspect-devel] ASPECT Newsletter #8

[rene.gassmoeller at mailbox.org]

Hello everyone!

This is the biweekly ASPECT newsletter #8.
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:

#904: fix rounding bug in depth averaging (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/904

#902: allow failing tests (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/902

#901: Simplify control flow. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/901

#900: Document nonzero boundary conditions for compositional fields. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/900

#899: Various updates to the manual for compositional fields. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/899

#898: Do not solve advection system if RHS is zero (proposed by jdannberg) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/898

#896: avoid a warning for the ascii data traction boundary conditions (proposed by jdannberg; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/896

#895: Fix manual (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/895

#894: [For review, do not merge] Squashed main melt implementation (proposed by jdannberg) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/894

#893: fix wrong reporting of number of grid levels (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/893

#891: wrap boost include with silencing macros (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/891

#890: fix PETSc test output (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/890

#889: Avoid deprecated Linear Algebra stuff (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/889

#888: Fix assembly for deal.II-8.5.0-pre (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/888

#887: ascii data plugin for boundary traction (proposed by jdannberg; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/887

#886: move traction boundary conditions to new interface (proposed by jdannberg; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/886

#883: Remove old deal.II compatibility code (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/883

#865: Visco-Plastic material model (proposed by naliboff; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/865

#788: update inclusion benchmark (proposed by bjs2; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/788


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

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

#903: Investigate compositional boundary conditions at in/outflow parts of the boundary (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/903

#897: Initial topography for free surface is only applied to coarse mesh (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/897

#892: Wrong number of grid levels output (system-specific) (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/892

#833: [post-1.4] update reference test output to deal 8.4.1 (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/833

#824: Output time in statistics file with higher accuracy (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/824

#724: Update manual to document inhomogeneous composition BCs (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/724


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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