[aspect-devel] ASPECT Newsletter #23

[Rene Gassmoeller]

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #23.
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:

#1377: Fix cookbook and interpolator (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1377

#1375: Provide the complete cmake command. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1375

#1374: Move test data files to tests/data/ (proposed by tjhei) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1374

#1373: Indent arguments. Void them to avoid warnings. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1373

#1372: minor manual fixes (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1372

#1371: Remove reference material properties functions (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1371

#1370: Update basic statistics (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1370

#1369: Fix tests (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1369

#1368: Remove obscure and broken option in steinberger material model (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1368

#1367: add missing include files (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1367

#1366: Update visco_plastic material model test suite (proposed by naliboff; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1366

#1365: Add option to use 'geodynamic strain rate invariant' in visco plastic material model (proposed by naliboff) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1365

#1364: update parameters.tex (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1364

#1363: remove files wrongly added in PR1254 (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1363

#1362: fix sign of MassConservation::implicit_reference_density_profile (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1362

#1217: Fix number of  Steinberger Material model lateral average bands being dependent on the materal model file (proposed by class4kayaker; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/1217

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


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

#1376: cookbooks/composition-active-tracers.prm fails (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1376

#1335: Unify implementations of parenthesize_if_nonempty (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1335

#1239: Use ParameterHandler::parse_* instead of ParameterHandler::read_* (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1239

#1234: Non c++ scripts (python, etc) in ASPECT? (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1234

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

#1061: Decouple number of depth bands for lateral averaging in steinberger from prefactor file (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1061

#1036: SolKz Benchmark Error: Unknown CMake command "DEAL_II_INITIALIZE_CACHED_VARIABLES" (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/1036

#947: Problem: Iterative advection solver does not converge (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/947

#789: Floating point exception handling (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/789

#774: "index out of bound" error when building Stokes preconditioner (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/774

#773: Exception error on MPI process while running postprocessor (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/773

#726: Document running the testsuite (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/726

#721: [Post deal.II 8.4] Let deal.II handle prm file continuation lines (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/721

#666: Add a tool function to deal with $ASPECT_SOURCE_DIR (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/666

#622: [Discussion] Activate tracers (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/622

#528: Improve get_vector_double (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/528

#526: Free surface velocity BC crashes when large deformation occurs (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/526

#64: Deal with the reference_ functions in the material model interface (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/64


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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