deal.II Newsletter #146
Rene Gassmoeller
Hello everyone!
This is deal.II newsletter #146.
It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the deal.II finite element library.
Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features:
#11371: FEInterfaceValues: pass to the constructor hp::QCollection (proposed by peterrum)
#11370: Use function from simplex_grids.h (proposed by peterrum)
#11369: MatrixFree: support FE_PyramidP (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11368: Remove temporary string objects in Utilities::(un)pack. (proposed by marcfehling)
#11367: Add missing versions of VectorTools::interpolate_boundary_values for hp::MappingCollection (proposed by peterrum)
#11366: Added Triangulation::subdomain_id(CellId). (proposed by marcfehling)
#11365: Added Triangulation::create_cell_iterator(). (proposed by marcfehling)
#11364: Rework internal structure of CellId. (proposed by marcfehling)
#11363: Rename some member functions of PropertyPool, also member variables of Particle (proposed by bangerth)
#11361: Enable FEFaceValues for wedges and pyramids (proposed by peterrum)
#11360: Make Particles::Property pool a template . (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11359: Fix FlatManifold::normal_vector for triangular faces (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11358: CI: select 64bit windows platform (proposed by tjhei)
#11357: step-47: misc cleanup (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#11355: Jenkins: use -Og (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11354: Disable quick tests for windows-2016 (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11353: Add comment to FE_Poly::get_poly_space_numbering() (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11348: Fix documentation of two SparseDirectMUMPS functions (proposed by simonsticko; merged)
#11347: Implement MatrixFreeTools::compute_matrix() (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11346: Check reference-cell type of cell and FE (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11345: Fix conformity of Simplex::FE_P and Simplex::FE_WedgeP (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11344: Implement TriaAccessor::diameter() for pyramid (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11343: Implement Simplex::FE_Poly::get_constant_modes (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11341: Rework breakdown condition in BiCGSTAB (proposed by Rombur)
#11340: Better document step-22 solvers. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11339: Avoid MPI calls in the HDF5 destructors when there is an exception (proposed by dangars)
#11337: Guard matrix_free/cuda_matrix_free.h again (proposed by masterleinad; merged)
#11336: Fix a data type issue. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11335: Add functions to perform CUDA matrix-free loop on the host (proposed by Rombur; merged)
#11328: Enable GridOut::write_vtk() for pyramids (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11327: Add QGaussPyramid (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11326: Implement ScalarPyramidPolynomial and FE_PyramidP (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11325: Enable DataOut for Pyramids (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11323: Implement ReferenceCell::internal::Info::Pyramid::standard_to_real_face_line (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11321: ScalarWedgePolynomial: Make polynomials for triangle and line class field (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11317: Add a Poisson test on pyramid grid (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11314: Particle property pool improvements (proposed by gassmoeller; merged)
#11313: Avoid pointers, use references instead (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11308: MatrixFreeTools::compute_diagonal: enable for hp (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11307: MatrixFreeTools::compute_diagonal: accept class and function pointer (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11306: Implement TriaAccessor::measure() for wedges (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11297: Add Poisson/Helmholtz test: MatrixFree + wedge mesh (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11292: Test different measures for Wedges (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11282: Timestepping: add low-storage rk and update step-67 (proposed by zjiaqi2018; merged)
#11270: Enable DataOut for Wedges (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11149: Clean up distribute_dofs(). (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#11046: FEPointEvaluation: Evaluating shape functions on arbitrary points of a cell (proposed by kronbichler; merged)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#11362 CellId::get_cell() should have been a member function of the Triangulation class (opened)
#11356 Compress sparsity pattern column data (opened)
#11352 Simplex/mixed mesh-support follow up tasks (opened)
#11351 Tensor Basis Transformations (opened)
#11350 Let cmake set up doxygen itself (opened)
#11349 step-26 forgets to reset some variables upon restarting the time iteration (opened)
#11342 ParameterHandler::print_parameters() -- No `demangle` for XML and JSON (opened and closed)
#11338 BiCGStab can loop forever (opened)
#11102 Hide `hp_capability_enabled` parameter (closed)
#10968 Interface for fast evaluation of function value at arbitrary point (closed)
#10370 Allow changing the quadrature for a FEValuesBase object? (closed)
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