Here is a list of Mercury features, to get an overview. Useful for Developing new release, and for the website. It's based on the features I (Thomas) recognise, so please add.
| Topic | Subtopic | Feature | Trunk | Alpha | Beta/0.11 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CG | CGHandler/MercuryCG | X | Successor to fstatistics | |||
| CG | StatisticsVector/fstatistics | X | X | X | ||
| Boundary | Periodic | AngledPeriodic | X | X | X | |
| Boundary | Periodic | Periodic | X | X | X | |
| Boundary | Periodic | CircularPeriodic | X | X | X | |
| Boundary | Periodic | CubeInsertion | X | X | X | |
| Boundary | Periodic | HopperInsertion | X | X | X | |
| Boundary | Insertion | Insertion | X | X | ||
| Boundary | Insertion | BidisperseCubeInsertion | X | |||
| Boundary | Insertion | ChuteInsertion | X | X | X | |
| Boundary | Maser | ConstantMassFlowMaser | X | |||
| Boundary | Maser | Maser | - | X | X | To be deprecated |
| Boundary | Maser | SubcriticalMaser | X | Why is there a SubcriticalMaserBoundaryTEST? | ||
| Boundary | Deletion | Deletion | X | X | X | |
| Boundary | Deletion | CubeDeletion | X | |||
| Boundary | ? | Flux | X | |||
| Boundary | ? | Heater | X | |||
| Boundary | Insertion | HopperInsertion | X | |||
| Boundary | Periodic | LeesEdwards | X | X | ||
| Boundary | Insertion | PolydisperseInsertion | X | |||
| Boundary | Periodic | ShearBox | X | X | ||
| FFM | FFM | X | ||||
| Interaction | Normal | Linear | X | X | X | |
| Interaction | Normal | LinearPlastic | X | X | X | |
| Interaction | Normal | Hertz | X | X | X | What kind of dissipation law |
| Interaction | Normal | Sinter | X | X | Contains multiple laws; split? | |
| Interaction | Normal | Thermal<NormalInteraction> | X | X | ||
| Interaction | Adhesion | Bonded | X | X | ||
| Interaction | Adhesion | ChargedBonded | X | X | ||
| Interaction | Adhesion | Reversible | X | X | X | |
| Interaction | Adhesion | Irreversible | X | X | X | |
| Interaction | Adhesion | LiquidBridgeWillet | X | X | X | |
| Interaction | Adhesion | LiquidMigration | X | X | ||
| Interaction | Adhesion | ParhamiMcMeeking | X | X | Remove | |
| Interaction | Friction | SlidingFriction | X | X | X | Rename Sliding |
| Interaction | Friction | Friction | X | X | X | Rename SlidingRollingTorsion |
| Interaction | Friction | Mindlin | X | X | Rename MindlinSliding | |
| Interaction | Friction | MindlinRollingTorsion | X | X | Rename MindlinSlidingRollingTorsion | |
| Particle | Spherical | X | X | X | Simply called BaseParticle in Alpha/Beta/Release Make BaseParticle abstract to enforce use of Spherical | |
| Particle | SuperQuadric | X | ||||
| Particle | LiquidFilm<Particle> | X | X | |||
| Particle | Thermal<Particle> | X | X | |||
| VTKWriter | Particle | X | ||||
| VTKWriter | Wall | X | ||||
| VTKWriter | Interaction | X | ||||
| Walls | Infinite | X | X | X | Rename Planar | |
| Walls | IntersectionOfWalls | X | X | X | ||
| Walls | AxisymmetricIntersectionOfWalls | X | X | X | ||
| Walls | BasicIntersectionOfWalls | X | X | |||
| Walls | Restricted<Wall> | X | X | |||
| Walls | Triangulated | X | X | Uses its own neighborhood detection | ||
| Walls | Triangle | X | Can read STL and VTK; uses HGrid | |||
| Walls | Screw | X | X | X | ||
| Walls | Coil | X | X | X | ||
| Walls | Arc | X | ||||
| Walls | Combtooth | X | ||||
| Walls | Cylindrical | X | X | X | ||
| Walls | InfiniteWallWithHole | X | X | X | ||
| Walls | LevelSet | X | ||||
| Walls | ParabolaChute | X | ||||
| Walls | SineWall | X | ||||
| Walls | SphericalWall | X | X | |||
| Walls | VChute | X | ||||
| MPI | Parallel computation | X | ||||
| Reader | ParticleAnalytics2MercuryDPM | X | X | |||
| Reader | p3statistics | X | X | X | Deprecate | |
| HGrid | HGrid/Mercury2D/Mercury3D/PossibleContact | X | X | X | Does PossibleContact still work? | |
| Handlers | Walls/Particles/Species/Interactions/CG | X | X | X | ||
| Logger | Logger | X | X | X | ||
| Timer | MercuryTime | X | X | X | Should use chronos | |
| Random numbers | RNG | X | X | X | ||
| Demos | Tutorial1-9X10 | X | X | X | ||
| FreeCooling (2D/3D/Adhesive) | X | X | X | Split Demo and SelfTests | ||
| FreeFall | X | X | X | |||
| HourGlass (2D/3D) | X | X | X | |||
| NewtonsCradle/SquarePacking/CubicPacking | X | X | X | |||
| Roughbottom | X | X | ||||
| Deprecated FeaturesChute | X | X | ||||
| Files | Hopper | X | X | Class structure has been flattened | ||
| SuperQuadricDemos, e.g. GranularCollapse | X | |||||
| Deprecated Features | Files | X | X | Class structure has been flattened |
Todo expand on Demos