[aspect-devel] ASPECT Newsletter #63

[Rene Gassmoeller]

Hello everyone!

This is ASPECT newsletter #63.
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:

#2660: Average heat flux in boundary cells for more accurate heat flux computation (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2660

#2659: Unify heat flux computation (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2659

#2656: [WIP] Add phase changes and compressibility to visco plastic material model (proposed by naliboff) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2656

#2654: Clarify what the 'nonadiabatic pressure' viz postprocessor does. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2654

#2653: Mark up the 'dx' in integrals. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2653

#2652: Provide formulas for the material-statistics postprocessor. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2652

#2651: Better explain what kinds of checks run with --validate. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2651

#2650: Use the max of physical and artificial viscosity. (proposed by bangerth) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2650

#2649: Only apply entropy viscosity in streamline direction (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2649

#2648: Update a comment. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2648

#2647: update parameters (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2647

#2646: Fix plugin graph generation (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2646

#2645: tester: correctly enable warnings as errors: -Werror (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2645

#2644: jenkins: clean workspace (proposed by tjhei; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2644

#2643: Some code cleanup in entropy viscosity (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2643

#2642: Fix parallel viscosity smoothing (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2642

#2641: Clarify a comment and a formula. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2641

#2640: Be consistent with punctuation in a list in the manual. (proposed by bangerth; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2640

#2639: Allow variable stabilization parameters for each field (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2639

#2638: [WIP] Reimplement supg #412 (proposed by gassmoeller) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2638

#2634: Add parse input table function (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2634

#2630: Add material statistics postprocessor (proposed by gassmoeller; merged) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/2630


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

#2658: How could I get 'composition' in the prescribed_velocity.cc? (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/2658

#2657: how do I get stress tensor of some mesh point? (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/2657

#2655: 'quick_mpi' fails when testing ('make test') on macOS (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/2655

#2637: unstable Q1-DGP0 element? (opened) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/2637

#2631: Strain rate tensor visualization postprocessor not registered (closed) https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/issues/2631


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


Thanks for being part of the community!


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