
Over a three-month period, contributed core features and stability improvements to the GEOS-DEV/GEOS repository, focusing on advanced simulation capabilities for geomechanics and reactive transport. Developed scalable rock toughness modeling with anisotropic fracture support and refactored parameters for enhanced configurability using C++ and CMake. Delivered phase-field nucleation modeling for hydraulic fracturing, integrating a phase-field solver and damage-coupled constitutive models for porous materials. Implemented a single-phase reactive transport solver with HPCReact integration, enabling thermal fluid dynamics and multiple reaction models. Strengthened CI/CD workflows by refining test execution and YAML-based configuration, improving build reliability and supporting robust scientific computing development practices.
January 2026 (GEOS-DEV/GEOS): Core capability delivered and CI reliability improved. Implemented a single-phase reactive transport solver integrated with HPCReact, enabling thermal fluid dynamics and multiple reaction models. Strengthened CI by disabling unit tests on Ubuntu Debug builds to prevent timeouts and added handling for empty CLI args, reducing false negatives and improving build stability. These work items position GEOS for broader use in reactive transport simulations and faster, more reliable integration cycles.
January 2026 (GEOS-DEV/GEOS): Core capability delivered and CI reliability improved. Implemented a single-phase reactive transport solver integrated with HPCReact, enabling thermal fluid dynamics and multiple reaction models. Strengthened CI by disabling unit tests on Ubuntu Debug builds to prevent timeouts and added handling for empty CLI args, reducing false negatives and improving build stability. These work items position GEOS for broader use in reactive transport simulations and faster, more reliable integration cycles.
March 2025 monthly summary for GEOS-DEV/GEOS. Key feature delivered: Phase-field nucleation modeling for hydraulic fracturing with damage-coupled poromechanics, including a phase-field solver integration for poromechanics and damage-aware constitutive models for porous materials. Boundary conditions were updated to reflect damage effects on traction. The work was implemented and committed as part of PR #2125 (commit 5732c5c0be16ead0b846c302ed06d30988da4a9f).
March 2025 monthly summary for GEOS-DEV/GEOS. Key feature delivered: Phase-field nucleation modeling for hydraulic fracturing with damage-coupled poromechanics, including a phase-field solver integration for poromechanics and damage-aware constitutive models for porous materials. Boundary conditions were updated to reflect damage effects on traction. The work was implemented and committed as part of PR #2125 (commit 5732c5c0be16ead0b846c302ed06d30988da4a9f).
Month 2025-01: Delivered scalable rock toughness feature for GEOS with anisotropic fracture toughness support; refactored toughness parameters; added scaling and fracture origin parameters; and updated tests and documentation. No major bugs were documented for GEOS this month. This work enhances physical realism, modeling fidelity, and reproducibility, while improving configurability for fracture analyses.
Month 2025-01: Delivered scalable rock toughness feature for GEOS with anisotropic fracture toughness support; refactored toughness parameters; added scaling and fracture origin parameters; and updated tests and documentation. No major bugs were documented for GEOS this month. This work enhances physical realism, modeling fidelity, and reproducibility, while improving configurability for fracture analyses.

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