gassmoeller/aspect repository overview

⁠ASPECT - Advanced Solver for Problems in Earth's ConvecTion

⁠About

ASPECT is a code to simulate convection in Earth's mantle and elsewhere. It has grown from a pure mantle-convection code into a tool for many geodynamic applications including applications for inner core convection, lithospheric scale deformation, two-phase flow, and numerical methods development. The project is supported by CIG (http://geodynamics.org⁠).

⁠Installation instructions

The steps to install the necessary dependencies and ASPECT itself are described in the Installation instructions section of the ASPECT manual⁠. If you encounter problems during the installation, please consult our wiki⁠ for typical installation problems or specific instructions for MacOS users, before asking your question on the mailing list.

⁠Running and extending ASPECT

Instructions on how to run and extend, as well as on how to interpret the output of ASPECT can also be found in the ASPECT manual⁠. This manual also discusses the structure of the source code.

For getting started, you can also watch our online tutorial⁠.

⁠Contributing to ASPECT

ASPECT is a community project that lives by the participation of its members — i.e., including you! It is our goal to build an inclusive and participatory community so we are happy that you are interested in participating! We have collected a set of guidelines and advice on how to get involved in the community and keep them in the CONTRIBUTING.md⁠ file in ASPECT's repository.

⁠More information

For more information see:

• The official website at https://aspect.geodynamics.org⁠

• The current manual⁠

• How to cite ASPECT⁠

• For questions on the source code of ASPECT, portability, installation, new or existing features, etc., use the ASPECT forum⁠. This forum is where the ASPECT users and developers all hang out. Archived discussions from the inactive aspect-devel mailing list can be downloaded at aspect-devel archives⁠.

• ASPECT is primarily based on the deal.II library. If you have particular questions about deal.II, contact the deal.II discussion groups⁠.

• In case of more general questions about mantle convection, you can contact the CIG mantle convection mailing lists⁠.

• ASPECT is being developed by a large, collaborative, and inclusive community. It is currently maintained by the following people:

  • Wolfgang Bangerth: [email protected]⁠
  • Juliane Dannberg: [email protected]⁠
  • Rene Gassmoeller: [email protected]⁠
  • Timo Heister: [email protected]⁠

• The following people have significantly contributed and furthered ASPECT's goals and are therefore Principal Developers:

  • Jacky Austermann
  • Wolfgang Bangerth
  • Juliane Dannberg
  • Menno Fraters
  • Rene Gassmoeller
  • Anne Glerum
  • Timo Heister
  • John Naliboff

• A complete and growing list of the many authors that have contributed over the years can be found at github⁠

• If you have specific questions about ASPECT that are not suitable for public and archived mailing lists, feel free to contact the maintainers or principal developers.

⁠License

ASPECT is published under GPL v2 or newer⁠.