prisms-center/phaseField: v2.4.0

Features

• deal.II 9.2.0 - 9.6.0 compatibility by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/226 and https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/236
• Adding support for 4th, 5th, and 6th order elements by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/251
• The local element volume is now available in equations.cc and postprocess.cc for stabilization schemes like PSPG and SUPG by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/269
• Fields can be pinned to 0 at any vertex in the mesh. This works in addition to the boundary conditions prescribed in parameters.prm by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/275
• Switched Allen-Cahn documentation to markdown by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/263

Bug fixes

• Fixed explicit solves for problems with both scalar and vector explicit fields by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/208
• Fixed multiple linear/nonlinear solves by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/241
• Fixed incomplete refactoring of methods in customPDE override by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/256
• Fixed FloodFiller unit test and fixed grainGrowth bug by @zachcroft in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/224
• Optimized vtk file read-in behavior by @fractalsbyx in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/222
• Better error handling for boundary conditions by @zachcroft in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/225
• Better error handling for model constants by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/262
• Deleted deprecated applications by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/234

Miscellaneous

• Code auto-formatting by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/209, https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/216, https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/229
• Suppression of warnings by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/243 and https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/235, @arijitroy6 in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/239, @gjerdej in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/238, and @ellery-hendrix in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/237
• Fixed some typos and style by @tkphd in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/246

Tests/CI

• Continuous integration via GitHub Actions by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/230
• Adding script to check that all applications work by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/245
• Update automatic test script to run in parallel by @landinjm in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/247

New Contributors

• @zachcroft made their first contribution in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/224
• @arijitroy6 made their first contribution in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/239
• @ellery-hendrix made their first contribution in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/237
• @gjerdej made their first contribution in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/238
• @tkphd made their first contribution in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/246
• @fractalsbyx made their first contribution in https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/pull/222

Full Changelog: https://github.com/prisms-center/phaseField/compare/v2.3...v2.4