From: Timo Heister Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:54:02 +0000 (-0400) Subject: read through, many smaller changes X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=92196426afd48680e4771ea97933f1a3f1829e44;p=release-papers.git read through, many smaller changes --- diff --git a/9.3/paper.tex b/9.3/paper.tex index 6f2f972..5e09776 100644 --- a/9.3/paper.tex +++ b/9.3/paper.tex @@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ or hexahedral meshes. Support for simplex and mixed meshes is not universal in \dealii{} at this point. While \dealii{} can read such meshes, write output for them, and solve partial differential equations with certain finite -elements, there are also many areas that have not been fully converted +elements, there are also many areas that have not been fully adapted to the new functionality. In particular, \dealii{} currently only -offers low-order finite elements on such meshes, and many tool +offers low-order finite elements on such meshes, and many utility functions might throw exceptions when used with such meshes. @@ -569,10 +569,10 @@ the \texttt{DoFHandler} class have undergone large changes and now support meshes composed of all of the cells shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:simplex}. The template parameters of the internal data structures of \texttt{Triangulation} -have been removed and the type of each cell and of each face (only in 3D) is stored. The function +have been removed and the type of each cell and of each face (in 3D) is stored. The function \texttt{Triangulation::create\_\allowbreak triangulation()}, which converts a given list of cells and vertices to the internal data structures, has been rewritten -inspired by \citep{logg2012} and this has had the side effect of a speed-up of up to 5. Minor adjustments +inspired by \citep{logg2012} and this has had the side effect of a speed-up of up to a factor of 5. Minor adjustments have also been made to the \texttt{parallel::shared::Triangulation} and \texttt{parallel::\allowbreak fullydistributed::\allowbreak Triangulation} classes such that @@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ For mixed meshes, concepts known from the $hp$-context have been applied: based on their respective kind of reference cell. In the case of a 2D mixed mesh, which can only consist of triangles and quadrilaterals, the finite element defined on a triangle (e.g., \texttt{FE\_SimplexP}) -and on a quadrilateral (e.g., \texttt{FE\_Q}) can be collected in a \texttt{hp::FECollection}: +and on a quadrilateral (e.g., \texttt{FE\_Q}) can be collected in a \texttt{hp::FECollection} as follows: \begin{c++} hp::FECollection fe @@ -662,9 +662,9 @@ dof_handler.distribute_dofs(fe); The introduction of simplex and mixed meshes leads to some implications for the user if these features are to be used. For instance, each cell might have a different type with -different number of vertices, lines, and faces so that these quantities can not be -compile-time constants anymore. This information used to be queried from -the \texttt{GeometryInfo} class. To avoid using this class, we have extended +different number of vertices, lines, and faces so that these quantities can no longer be +compile-time constants. This information used to be queried from +the \texttt{GeometryInfo} class. Instead, we have extended relevant classes, e.g., \texttt{TriaAccessor} or \texttt{TriaCellAccessor}, with useful new functions like \texttt{n\_vertices()}, \texttt{n\_lines()}, or \texttt{n\_faces()} so that users can simply write: @@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ or Furthermore, many functions in \dealii{} used mappings that, when not given explicitly, defaulted to (bi-/tri-)linear ones. These no longer -work for simplex or mixed meshes, and in these cases users will need +work for simplex or mixed meshes, so users will need to explicitly provide the correct mapping for the mesh to be used. @@ -912,8 +912,8 @@ Shared memory storage is also used in the \texttt{MatrixFree} and \texttt{MatrixFree::create\_dof\_vector()} creates vectors that share information among all processes on one node. As a consequence, the \texttt{FEEvaluation} classes can access vector elements owned by -other processes and in certain cases node-local -communication can be skipped. To prevent race conditions, \texttt{MatrixFree} uses local +other processes and node-local +communication can be skipped in certain cases. To prevent race conditions, \texttt{MatrixFree} uses local barriers at the beginning and the end of loops (\texttt{loop()}, \texttt{cell\_loop()}, \texttt{loop\_cell\_centric()}). The new \texttt{step-76} tutorial program illustrates this case @@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ For more details and the usage of the feature in the library \texttt{hyper.deal} \label{subsec:fepointvalues} In a number of circumstances, finite element solutions need to be evaluated at -arbitrary reference points that change from one element to next. Two important +arbitrary reference points that change from one element to the next. Two important examples are particle simulations coupled to a finite element solution, or algorithms on non-matching grids. The existing \texttt{FEValues} class is a poor fit for this task, as it is based on the assumption that evaluation of @@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ freedom indices of the two cells using a helper function. New in the current release is better support for vector-valued problems: scalar or vector components of shape functions can now be extracted by providing an \texttt{FEValuesExtractors} object. +See \texttt{step-12}, \texttt{step-47}, \texttt{step-50}, and \texttt{step-74} for more details. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \subsection{The source-based toolchain installer \candi{}} @@ -1226,6 +1227,9 @@ may have been more widely used: no longer require them. If you rely on these template arguments, an interim namespace \texttt{Legacy} has been introduced that provides all affected classes with the old interface for a transition period. + \item \texttt{GridTools::find\_active\_cell\_around\_point()} no longer throws an exception when no cell if found, but returns an invalid iterator. + User codes previously catching an exception will need to be changed. + \end{itemize}