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Elmer 7.0 released

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Hi All

Due to the LGPL update of Elmer library we changed the leading number in the Elmer version.
So the current number is 7.0. There are not other drastic changes but as the license policy of
LGPL is different from GPL we considered that it was time for a change. So starting from version
7.0 you can now link your fully own (not derived!) solvers with the library as you wish.

There are also fresh Windows versions and documentation on sourceforge and nic.funet.fi.

Below are the major new features between revisions 5191 (aka 6.2.) and 5685 (aka 7.0).
Thank you very much for all the contributors!

Best regards,
ElmerTeam


Software development:
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* Doxygen code documentation system taken into use, http://www.elmerfem.org/doxygen
* Moved dynamically linked solvers into separate subdirectory "fem/modules"
* Moved the ElmerSolver library under LGPL license.

Element basis:
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* Edge basis functions for quad & brick & wedge elements.
* New BC section Keyword "Mass consistent normals". Use mass preserving normals on normal-tangential conditions instead of the usual nodal averaged normals. Works in 2D and for linear- and trilinear elements in 3D.
* Enabled requesting of Gauss Points using relative order {-1,0,+1}. This is enabled for p-elements with generic rules and for Lagrangian elements the number of Gauss points for specific order must be provided in "elements.def". For the code developer the option is seen as a new optional parameter "RelOrder" in GaussPoints funtion. This must be implemented for each solver separately. So far only StressSolve has been modified to with the "Relative Integration Order" keyword.

Linear system:
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* Linear systems may now be scaled in the solution phase using the row equilibration (by setting Linear System Row Equilibration = Logical True)
* It is now possible to utilize the block solver strategy for monolithic solver (BlockSolve.src). Uses the legacy solvers only for assembly, splits the matrix into blocks and then solves the boock system.
* Modified HYPRE interface (contribution from Jonas Thies):
- Allow separate setup and solve.
- New keyword "HYPRE Block Diagonal", which does something similar to the BILUn serial preconditioner when calling HYPRE.
- HYPRE interface now accepts 'CG' as solver option.
* interface to linear solvers from the Trilinos libraries. This can be enabled by compiling with -DHAVE_TRILINOS and currently works only in parallel (through SParIterSolver). Some examples are in fem/examples/TrilinosSolvers. This is still very experimental! (contribution from Jonas Thies)
* Added a simple iterative method 'richardson' preconditioned with a lumped mass matrix. The algorithm is very similar to Jacobi. Might have some use in solving problems involving just a simple mass matrix.

Misc:
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* Enabled keyword "Timestep size" that takes MATC definitions etc. as any other Real variable.
* Add interface "GetLocalSolution()" to unify "GetScalarLocalSolution()" and "GetVectorLocalSolution" utility subroutines.
* Improved control on verbosity. Additional in-line parameters -s/--silent, default level of four for Info, and keyword check 'silent'.
* Enabled internal 1D mesh generation for the 1D outlet solver.
* Improved the speed of ListGetReal command in case when a constant is being fecthed. Also made a new subroutine ListGetRealAtIp and a related data structure that is intended to be called at each integration point. The data structure includes information that is used to remember things from previous evaluations to save time. This is not yet used in any solver so changes are still possible, and even probable.
* Solver section keyword "Back Rotate N-T System=Logical" (default: True). This keyword can be set to false, to disable the rotation of the solution fields of normal-tangential boundaries to coordinate directions.

New features for old Solvers:
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HelmholtzSolver:
* Enabled variable density fields in Helmholtz solver. This affects the results only when density is not constant. Also a interface to harmonic structural analysis was implemented.

ElasticSolve:
* Stress and strain computation enabled.
* New material models: a neo-Hookean material model and an orthotropic material model added for handling cases with large rotations and small strains

FlowSolver:
* Add new Navier-Stokes discretization option 'Laplace Discretization'. The diffusion term discretized is \mu div(grad(u)) instead of the default 2\mu div(\epsilon(u)). The resulting linear system is smaller (in terms of nonzeros) and usually easier to solve. This has, however, an effect on the meaning of the various boundary conditions.
* introduced Glen's flow law as a separate non-linear flow law in Effective Viscosity

StatElecSolver:
* Added infinity conditions to the electrostatic equation. These assume spherical symmetry of the far-field.

SaveLine:
* Enabled solution of isocurve points in SaveLine: Given some field, save the intersection points that have a predefined value.

ResultOutputSolver (all related to VTU output):
* Enabled VTK Collection for timesteps
* Enables saving of body and bc id:s by keyword "Save Geometry Ids"
* Implemented eigenmode saving with two different numbering strategies
* Enabled timestep indexes with more than four numbers in length.
* Enables saving of "elemental" information.

HeatSolver:
* Added perfusion rate to HeatSolver (contribution from Matthias Zenker).

StressSolver:
* Add more general form of Robin type of BC:s: -(tau,n) + Ku = f, with K a dim x dim matrix given with "Spring ij" keywords.

MagnetoDynamicsCalcFields:
* Modify the results computation (MagnetoDynamicsCalcFields) as so that default output still is nodally fitted variables. Also elementwise nodal fields directly computed to nodes (variable names with ' E' postfix)
* If "Discontinuous Galerkin=True" then elementwise nodally fitted variables (with no postfix on names)
* If "Discontinuous Galerkin=True" and "Average within Materials=Logical True" then materialwise fitted variables (discontinuous at material interfaces, with no postfix on names)

Note that default ElmerPost output only contains the nodally fitted variables, use ResultOutputSolver with format="ep" or format="vtu" to look at the other variations.

New Solvers:
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ParticleAdvector:
* Particle based solver for diffusion-free advection of scalar fields. For each node a particle is sent -dt backwards in time and the field value is taken from the resulting upstream point. This provides diffusion free advection. The robustness of the solver may still be suspectable since it is based on the ability to follow particles in a mesh.

ThermoElectricSolver:
* First version of a tightly coupled thermoelectric solver.

ShallowNS:
* First version of the shallow water Navier-Stokes equations solver.
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Re: Elmer 7.0 released

Post by Sven Hensel »

Hallo,

can you tell me, how to access this feature:
Enabled timestep indexes with more than four numbers in length.
Thank you
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Re: Elmer 7.0 released

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Hi Sven, this only applied to ResultOutputSolver and the VTU output therein. To see the effects you just needs at least 10000 timesteps. If you have thatt everything should work out of the box. -Peter
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Re: Elmer 7.0 released

Post by Sven Hensel »

Hallo Peter,

just for me to get this straight. The naming of the vtu-files (e.g. case????.vtu) keeps the same up to 9999. The next one is then named case10000.vtu Is this correct?

(I know, I could try for myself, but I work from home at the moment and my laptop would probably meld down with such a long simulation.)

Another question: Does this work with vtk-files too. (I use the heat gap feature a lot - so I need vtk-files.)

Last question: If I use the

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   Vtu Time Collection = Logical True
line in the sif-file, does the resulting pvd-file respect this new feature.

Thank you and
Have a nice weekend
Sven
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