Changelog/Release Notes#

On this page we provide a summary of the main API changes, new features and examples for each release of Ratel.

Current main branch#

New features#

  • Update strain energy function to the convex form for both Neo-Hookean and Mooney-Rivlin models.

  • Add mixed linear elasticity material model for incompressible materials.

Breaking changes#

  • Rename Ratel[TS,SNES,KSP]SetupPCMG to Ratel[TS,SNES,KSP]SetupPC for better accuracy.

V0.2.1 (12 January 2023)#

Bugfix to make tet based tests optional in the test suite.

V0.2.0 (10 January 2023)#

Expanded features and material models.

New features#

  • Add RatelComputeSurfaceForces for computing final forces on surfaces, identified by DMPlex face id number.

  • Add support for computing Jacobians from strain energy density functional from residual evaluation via Automatic Differentiation with Enzyme-AD. Neo-Hookean material models provided in current and initial configuration.

  • Add support for platen boundary condition based upon Nitsche’s method.

  • Add support for restart from saved binaries of state vectors.

Breaking changes#

  • Update names and command line arguments for material models for consistency.

  • Use PETSc option options_file over redundant yml option in tests and examples; removed options_yml argument from RatelInit.

  • Docker images built and tested as part of CI process for latest main.

  • Update Boolean arguments -view_diagnostic_quantities and -ts_monitor_diagnostic_quantities to use viewer type.

  • Remove command line option -output_dir; this functionality is provided with setting the output filepath for the viewer via -view_diagnostic_quantities and -ts_monitor_diagnostic_quantities.

  • Remove RatelVectorView in favor of base PETSc functionality.

  • Rename RatelSolverType, RatelMultigridType, and some function names for consistency.

Maintainability#

  • Internal refactor around RatelMaterial, an object representing a region of the mesh given by a material model with consistent physical parameters. External behavior was not affected by this refactor.

v0.1.2 (15 April 2022)#

Bugfix for install paths in makefile.

v0.1.1 (14 April 2022)#

Bugfix for Mass QFunction source file relative path.

v0.1 (11 April 2022)#

Initial Ratel API. The Ratel solid mechanics library is based upon libCEED and PETSc. libCEED v0.10.1 or later and PETSc v3.17 or later is required.