4C version v2025.3.0

[amgebauer]

What's Changed

Breaking Changes

• Remove RedAirwayTissue problem type by @sebproell in Remove RedAirwayTissue problem type #748
• Remove pre_exodus by @sebproell in Remove pre_exodus #774
• Remove unused DebugWriter for FSI problems by @sebproell in Remove unused DebugWriter for FSI problems #800
• Remove pseudo geometry type HERM2LINE by @sebproell in Remove pseudo geometry type HERM2LINE<X> #891
• No longer accept .dat input by @sebproell in No longer accept .dat input #907
• IsoNeoHooke: make mu an InputField by @sebproell in IsoNeoHooke: make mu an InputField #920
• Use nested YAML for generated domain input by @sebproell in Use nested YAML for generated domain input #1092
• CMake: document FOUR_C_CXX_ variables by @sebproell in CMake: document FOUR_C_CXX_ variables #1135

Major changes

• YAML is the new standard input for 4C
• Tensor and SymmetricTensor implementation by @amgebauer in Implement SymmetricTensor #862
• InputFields for spatially varying input parameters
• Runtime-output supports additional fields:
  • Spring dashpot boundary condition by @c-p-schmidt in Move spring dashpot output to vtk based outpt #956
  • Reduced lung module by @bgoderbauer in Add vtu output to reduced lung #696
• Allow vtu mesh input by @amgebauer in Allow vtu mesh input #1195

Dependency changes

• [docker] Update Trilinos config and hash for [NOX] Simplify one step solver #779 (NOX SingleStep solver modifications) by @vovannikov in [docker] Update Trilinos config and hash for #779 (NOX SingleStep solver modifications) #780
• Update ryml to version 0.9.0 by @sebproell in Update ryml to version 0.9.0 #949
• Add pybind11 as optional dependency by @sebproell in Add pybind11 as optional dependency #1075
• Add optional dependency to VTK by @amgebauer in Add optional dependency to VTK #1192

Miscellaneous

• Improve POINT COUPLING CONDITIONS by @ischeider in Improve POINT COUPLING CONDITIONS #512
• [deal.II] Converters for 4C discretization and vectors into deal.II equivalents by @sebproell in [deal.II] Converters for 4C discretization and vectors into deal.II equivalents  #626
• [Documentation] Introduce jinja templating for tutorials by @ischeider in [Documentation] Introduce jinja templating for tutorials #694
• [Trilinos] Move direct solver from Amesos to Amesos2 by @maxfirmbach in [Trilinos] Move direct solver from Amesos to Amesos2 #662
• [LinAlg] Add FE_Graph capability to Core::LinAlg::Graph by @maxfirmbach in [LinAlg] Add FE_Graph capability to Core::LinAlg::Graph #759
• Major rework of the solid-state battery tutorial by @c-p-schmidt in Major rework of the solid-state battery tutorial #769
• Implement dot product between rank 1 tensors by @amgebauer in Implement dot product between rank 1 tensors #770
• Clean up PorofluidElastScatraBaseAlgorithm by @bwirthl in Clean up PorofluidElastScatraBaseAlgorithm #803
• Add image for oldest supported dependencies by @sebproell in Add image for oldest supported dependencies #811
• Convert test input files from .dat to .yaml by @davidrudlstorfer in Convert test input files from .dat to .yaml #801
• Implement wrapper for Epetra import by @dharinib98 in Implement wrapper for Epetra import #827
• Implement printing of tensors by @amgebauer in Implement printing of tensors #854
• Generalize dot and ddot product for arbitrarily sized tensors by @amgebauer in Generalize dot and ddot product for arbitrarily sized tensors #853
• Add validation of parsed values to InputSpecs by @sebproell in Add validation of parsed values to InputSpecs #852
• Add runtime output for micromaterial by @m-frey in Add runtime output for micromaterial #143
• Scalar interpolation class by @abhi-satheesh in Scalar interpolation class #851
• InputField class to supply element-wise parameters by @sebproell in InputField class to supply element-wise parameters #866
• Implement wrapper for Epetra Export by @dharinib98 in Implement wrapper for Epetra Export #877
• InputSpec can store parsed values to structs by @sebproell in InputSpec can store parsed values to structs #873
• InputSpecBuilders::selection can store in structs by @sebproell in InputSpecBuilders::selection can store in structs #884
• Use symmetric tensors in solid element evaluation by @amgebauer in Use symmetric tensors in solid element evaluation #869
• Input field InputSpec to read local parameters by @maxiludwig in Input field InputSpec to read local parameters #890
• Allow to store input_field to structs by @sebproell in Allow to store input_field to structs #904
• Extend installation section of the documentation by @ischeider in Extend installation section of the documentation #885
• Implement SVD for tensors by @amgebauer in Implement SVD for tensors #898
• Allow FAD-types in tensors by @amgebauer in Allow FAD-types in tensors #902
• Implement utility functions for tensor derivative by @amgebauer in Implement utility functions for tensor derivative #908
• Implement energy embeddedmesh by @eulovi in Implement energy embeddedmesh #828
• Rework SymbolicExpression for better evaluation performance by @sebproell in Rework SymbolicExpression for better evaluation performance #913
• Allow for beam-to-solid shell contact with KL shell by @isteinbrecher in Allow for beam-to-solid shell contact with KL shell #914
• Compile SymbolicExpression to bytecode by @sebproell in Compile SymbolicExpression to bytecode #916
• Quaternion interpolation by @abhi-satheesh in Quaternion interpolation #876
• SymbolicExpression with compile-time variables by @sebproell in SymbolicExpression with compile-time variables #919
• Add artery flow rate to function coupling by @bwirthl in Add artery flow rate to function coupling #901
• CMake: build shared libraries by default by @sebproell in CMake: build shared libraries by default #925
• Use tensors in solid material evaluation by @amgebauer in Use tensors in solid material evaluation #934
• Doc: recommendations for work on input files by @sebproell in Doc: recommendations for work on input files #946
• InputSpec: write validators to metadata by @sebproell in InputSpec: write validators to metadata #952
• Redistribute discret for point coupling conditions by @georghammerl in Redistribute discret for point coupling conditions #775
• InputSpec for SymbolicExpression by @sebproell in InputSpec for SymbolicExpression #983
• Fix visualization of distributed moments for the SBIP approach (potential interaction between beams) by @davidrudlstorfer in Fix visualization of distributed moments for the SBIP approach (potential interaction between beams) #967
• Create wrapper for Epetra FE Vector by @knarfnitram in Create wrapper for Epetra FE Vector #980
• Redistribute an InputField according to element column map by @sebproell in Redistribute an InputField according to element column map #991
• Performance improvements for rank 4 tensors (GCC) by @amgebauer in Performance improvements for rank 4 tensors (GCC) #1002
• [thermo] Add conductivity runtime output by @maxfirmbach in [thermo] Add conductivity runtime output #1016
• Implement Einstein's summation convention by @amgebauer in Implement Einstein's summation convention #999
• [solver] Recompute preconditioner due to linear solver stall by @maxfirmbach in [solver] Recompute preconditioner due to linear solver stall #1031
• Schema validation for vectors by @sebproell in Schema validation for vectors #1065
• Generalize norms evaluation for NOX vectors and reduce the use of get_ref_of_epetra_vector() by @vovannikov in Generalize norms evaluation for NOX vectors and reduce the use of get_ref_of_epetra_vector() #1066
• Allow documentation of enum values in input by @sebproell in Allow documentation of enum values in input #1074
• Support real YAML as element input for EXODUS meshes by @sebproell in Support real YAML as element input for EXODUS meshes #1081
• Enable Teko solver for porofluid-elasticity-scatra problems with arteries by @bwirthl in Enable Teko solver for porofluid-elasticity-scatra problems with arteries #903
• Add pattern validator for input strings by @sebproell in Add pattern validator for input strings #1136
• Let 4C B free* by @amgebauer in Let 4C B free* #961
• Add logical operators to symbolic expressions by @sebproell in Add logical operators to symbolic expressions #1164
• CMake: allow to specifiy required dependenices for tests by @sebproell in CMake: allow to specifiy required dependenices for tests #1196
• Beaminteraction using Lagrange multipliers by @dharinib98 in Beaminteraction using Lagrange multipliers #637
• Introduce new reduced_lung input by @maxiludwig in Introduce new reduced_lung input #1159
• Enable std::array as a supported InputSpec type by @lauraengelhardt in Enable std::array as a supported InputSpec type #1178

New Contributors

• @dharinib98 made their first contribution in Ifpack move parameters and options to xml file #400
• @maxdinkel made their first contribution in Disable metadata generation in lnm cluster presets #778
• @NoraHagmeyer made their first contribution in Change primary email address for Nora Hagmeyer #839
• @m-frey made their first contribution in Add runtime output for micromaterial #143
• @abhi-satheesh made their first contribution in Scalar interpolation class #851
• @marksidoro made their first contribution in Remove undefined behaviour for access of empty std::vectors #997
• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in Bump GrantBirki/json-yaml-validate from 3.2.1 to 3.3.2 in /.github/workflows #1049

Full Changelog: v2025.2.0...v2025.3.0

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