Merge branch 'development' into YAML-fixes

2021-07-13 20:27:21 +02:00 · 2021-07-13 20:27:21 +02:00 · ce3b4d2a2a
parent 45abca90c5 3f8753ff6a
commit ce3b4d2a2a
77 changed files with 576 additions and 489 deletions
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@ -15,27 +15,27 @@ pkg_get_variable (CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER PETSc fcompiler)
 pkg_get_variable (CMAKE_C_COMPILER PETSc ccompiler)

 # Solver determines name of project
-string(TOLOWER "${DAMASK_SOLVER}" DAMASK_SOLVER)
-if (DAMASK_SOLVER STREQUAL "grid")
+string(TOUPPER "${DAMASK_SOLVER}" DAMASK_SOLVER)
+if (DAMASK_SOLVER STREQUAL "GRID")
    project (damask-grid HOMEPAGE_URL https://damask.mpie.de LANGUAGES Fortran C)
-    add_definitions (-DGrid)
-elseif (DAMASK_SOLVER STREQUAL "mesh")
+elseif (DAMASK_SOLVER STREQUAL "MESH")
    project (damask-mesh HOMEPAGE_URL https://damask.mpie.de LANGUAGES Fortran C)
-    add_definitions (-DMesh)
 else ()
-    message (FATAL_ERROR "Build target (DAMASK_SOLVER) is not defined")
+    message (FATAL_ERROR "Invalid solver: DAMASK_SOLVER=${DAMASK_SOLVER}")
 endif ()
+add_definitions ("-D${DAMASK_SOLVER}")

 file (STRINGS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION DAMASK_VERSION)

 message ("\nBuilding ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} ${DAMASK_VERSION}\n")

-add_definitions (-DPETSc)
+add_definitions (-DPETSC)
 add_definitions (-DDAMASKVERSION="${DAMASK_VERSION}")

 if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "")
    set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "RELEASE")
 endif ()
+string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)

 # Predefined sets for OPTIMIZATION/OPENMP based on BUILD_TYPE
 if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "DEBUG" OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "SYNTAXONLY")
@ -45,9 +45,15 @@ if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "DEBUG" OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "SYNTAXONLY")
 elseif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RELEASE")
    set (PARALLEL "ON")
    set (OPTI "DEFENSIVE")
+elseif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "DEBUGRELEASE")
+    set (DEBUG_FLAGS "${DEBUG_FLAGS} -DDEBUG")
+    set (PARALLEL "ON")
+    set (OPTI "DEFENSIVE")
 elseif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "PERFORMANCE")
    set (PARALLEL "ON")
    set (OPTI "AGGRESSIVE")
+else ()
+    message (FATAL_ERROR "Invalid build type: CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 endif ()

 # $OPTIMIZATION takes precedence over $BUILD_TYPE defaults
--- a/DAMASK_prerequisites.sh
+++ b/DAMASK_prerequisites.sh
@ -56,15 +56,12 @@ echo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 echo System report for \'$(hostname)\' created on $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') by \'$(whoami)\'
 echo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

-firstLevel "DAMASK settings"
+firstLevel "DAMASK"
 secondLevel "DAMASK_ROOT"
 echo $DAMASK_ROOT
 echo
 secondLevel "Version"
 cat  VERSION
-echo
-secondLevel "Settings in CONFIG"
-cat  env/CONFIG

 firstLevel "System"
 uname -a
@ -75,20 +72,26 @@ echo PYTHONPATH: $PYTHONPATH
 echo SHELL: $SHELL
 echo PETSC_ARCH: $PETSC_ARCH
 echo PETSC_DIR: $PETSC_DIR
-ls $PETSC_DIR/lib
+echo
+echo $PETSC_DIR/$PETSC_ARCH/lib:
+/s $PETSC_DIR/$PETSC_ARCH/lib
+echo
+echo $PETSC_DIR/$PETSC_ARCH/lib/petsc/conf/petscvariables:
+cat $PETSC_DIR/$PETSC_ARCH/lib/petsc/conf/petscvariables
+

 firstLevel "Python"
 DEFAULT_PYTHON=python3
-for executable in python python3; do
-  getDetails $executable '--version'
+for EXECUTABLE in python python3; do
+  getDetails $EXECUTABLE '--version'
 done
 secondLevel "Details on $DEFAULT_PYTHON:"
 echo $(ls -la $(which $DEFAULT_PYTHON))
-for module in numpy scipy pandas matplotlib yaml h5py;do
+for MODULE in numpy scipy pandas matplotlib yaml h5py;do
  thirdLevel $module
-  $DEFAULT_PYTHON -c "import $module; \
-                      print('Version: {}'.format($module.__version__)); \
-                      print('Location: {}'.format($module.__file__))"
+  $DEFAULT_PYTHON -c "import $MODULE; \
+                      print('Version: {}'.format($MODULE.__version__)); \
+                      print('Location: {}'.format($MODULE.__file__))"
 done
 thirdLevel vtk
 $DEFAULT_PYTHON -c "import vtk; \
@ -96,23 +99,23 @@ $DEFAULT_PYTHON -c "import vtk; \
                    print('Location: {}'.format(vtk.__file__))"

 firstLevel "GNU Compiler Collection"
-for executable in gcc g++ gfortran ;do
-  getDetails $executable '--version'
+for EXECUTABLE in gcc g++ gfortran ;do
+  getDetails $EXECUTABLE '--version'
 done

 firstLevel "Intel Compiler Suite"
-for executable in icc icpc ifort ;do
-  getDetails $executable '--version'
+for EXECUTABLE in icc icpc ifort ;do
+  getDetails $EXECUTABLE '--version'
 done

 firstLevel "MPI Wrappers"
-for executable in mpicc mpiCC mpiicc   mpic++ mpiicpc mpicxx    mpifort mpiifort mpif90 mpif77; do
-  getDetails $executable '-show'
+for EXECUTABLE in mpicc mpiCC mpiicc   mpic++ mpiicpc mpicxx    mpifort mpiifort mpif90 mpif77; do
+  getDetails $EXECUTABLE '-show'
 done

 firstLevel "MPI Launchers"
-for executable in mpirun mpiexec; do
-  getDetails $executable '--version'
+for EXECUTABLE in mpirun mpiexec; do
+  getDetails $EXECUTABLE '--version'
 done

 firstLevel "CMake"
--- a/4
+++ b/4
@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ all: grid mesh

 .PHONY: grid
 grid:
-	@cmake -B build/grid -DDAMASK_SOLVER=GRID -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PWD} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILDCMD_POST=${BUILDCMD_POST} -DBUILDCMD_PRE=${BUILDCMD_PRE} -DOPTIMIZATION=${OPTIMIZATION} -DOPENMP=${OPENMP}
+	@cmake -B build/grid -DDAMASK_SOLVER=grid -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PWD} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILDCMD_POST=${BUILDCMD_POST} -DBUILDCMD_PRE=${BUILDCMD_PRE} -DOPTIMIZATION=${OPTIMIZATION} -DOPENMP=${OPENMP}
 	@cmake --build build/grid --parallel
 	@cmake --install build/grid

 .PHONY: mesh
 mesh:
-	@cmake -B build/mesh -DDAMASK_SOLVER=MESH -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PWD} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILDCMD_POST=${BUILDCMD_POST} -DBUILDCMD_PRE=${BUILDCMD_PRE} -DOPTIMIZATION=${OPTIMIZATION} -DOPENMP=${OPENMP}
+	@cmake -B build/mesh -DDAMASK_SOLVER=mesh -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PWD} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} -DBUILDCMD_POST=${BUILDCMD_POST} -DBUILDCMD_PRE=${BUILDCMD_PRE} -DOPTIMIZATION=${OPTIMIZATION} -DOPENMP=${OPENMP}
 	@cmake --build build/mesh --parallel
 	@cmake --install build/mesh

--- a/2
+++ b/2
@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d399050216d814627edbe0ff1c05afe8f76c7b40
+Subproject commit 1ca9a0e9f2b333d3244b1ab44480380b3b22bebe
--- a/examples/Marc/material.yaml
+++ b/examples/Marc/material.yaml
@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ phase:
    lattice: cF
    mechanical:
      output: [F, P, F_e, F_p, L_p, O]
-      elastic: {type: Hooke, C_11: 106.75e9, C_12: 60.41e9, C_44: 28.34e9}
+      elastic: {type: Hooke, C_11: 106.75e+9, C_12: 60.41e+9, C_44: 28.34e+9}
      plastic:
        type: phenopowerlaw
        N_sl: [12]
        a_sl: 2.25
        atol_xi: 1.0
        dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
-        h_0_sl-sl: 75e6
+        h_0_sl-sl: 75.e+6
        h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
        n_sl: 20
        output: [xi_sl]
-        xi_0_sl: [31e6]
-        xi_inf_sl: [63e6]
+        xi_0_sl: [31.e+6]
+        xi_inf_sl: [63.e+6]

 material:
  - homogenization: SX
--- a/examples/config/Phase_DisloUCLA_Tungsten.config
+++ b/examples/config/Phase_DisloUCLA_Tungsten.config
@ -6,21 +6,8 @@ plasticity	    disloucla
 (output)           dipole_density
 (output)           shear_rate_slip
 (output)           accumulated_shear_slip
-(output)           mfp_slip
 (output)           resolved_stress_slip
 (output)           threshold_stress_slip
-(output)           twin_fraction
-(output)           shear_rate_twin
-(output)           accumulated_shear_twin
-(output)           mfp_twin
-(output)           resolved_stress_twin
-(output)           threshold_stress_twin
-
-### Material parameters ###
-lattice_structure     bcc
-C11                   523.0e9       # From Marinica et al. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter(2013)
-C12                   202.0e9
-C44                   161.0e9

 grainsize             2.7e-5        # Average grain size [m] 2.0e-5
 SolidSolutionStrength 0.0           # Strength due to elements in solid solution
--- a/examples/config/Phase_Dislotwin_TWIP-Steel-FeMnC.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/Phase_Dislotwin_TWIP-Steel-FeMnC.yaml
@ -1,41 +1,31 @@
-TWIP_Steel_FeMnC:
-  lattice: cF
-  mechanical:
-    elastic: {type: Hooke, C_11: 175.0e9, C_12: 115.0e9, C_44: 135.0e9}
-    plastic:
-      type: dislotwin
-      output: [rho_mob, rho_dip, gamma_sl, Lambda_sl, tau_pass, f_tw, Lambda_tw, tau_hat_tw, f_tr]
-      D: 2.0e-5
-      N_sl: [12]
-      b_sl: [2.56e-10]
-      rho_mob_0: [1.0e12]
-      rho_dip_0: [1.0]
-      v_0: [1.0e4]
-      Q_s: [3.7e-19]
-      p_sl: [1.0]
-      q_sl: [1.0]
-      tau_0: [1.5e8]
-      i_sl: [10.0]                 # Adj. parameter controlling dislocation mean free path
-      D_0: 4.0e-5                  # Vacancy diffusion prefactor  / m^2/s
-      D_a: 1.0                     # minimum dipole distance / b
-      Q_cl: 4.5e-19                # Activation energy for climb / J
-      h_sl-sl: [0.122, 0.122, 0.625, 0.07, 0.137, 0.137, 0.122]  # Interaction coefficients (Kubin et al. 2008)
-# shear band parameters
-      xi_sb: 180.0e6
-      Q_sb: 3.7e-19
-      p_sb: 1.0
-      q_sb: 1.0
-      v_sb: 0.0                    # set to 0, to turn it off
+type: dislotwin
+output: [rho_mob, rho_dip, gamma_sl, Lambda_sl, tau_pass, f_tw, Lambda_tw, tau_hat_tw, f_tr]
+D: 2.0e-5
+N_sl: [12]
+b_sl: [2.56e-10]
+rho_mob_0: [1.0e+12]
+rho_dip_0: [1.0]
+v_0: [1.0e+4]
+Q_s: [3.7e-19]
+p_sl: [1.0]
+q_sl: [1.0]
+tau_0: [1.5e+8]
+i_sl: [10.0]                 # Adj. parameter controlling dislocation mean free path
+D_0: 4.0e-5                  # Vacancy diffusion prefactor  / m^2/s
+D_a: 1.0                     # minimum dipole distance / b
+Q_cl: 4.5e-19                # Activation energy for climb / J
+h_sl-sl: [0.122, 0.122, 0.625, 0.07, 0.137, 0.137, 0.122]  # Interaction coefficients (Kubin et al. 2008)
 # twinning parameters
-      N_tw: [12]
-      b_tw: [1.47e-10]             # Burgers vector length of twin system / b
-      t_tw: [5.0e-8]               # Twin stack mean thickness / m
-      L_tw: 442.0                  # Length of twin nuclei / b
-      x_c_tw: 1.0e-9               # critical distance for formation of twin nucleus / m
-      V_cs:  1.67e-29              # cross slip volume / m^3
-      p_tw: [10.0]                 # r-exponent in twin formation probability
-      i_tw: 1.0                    # Adj. parameter controlling twin mean free path
-      h_sl-tw: [0.0, 1.0, 1.0]     # dislocation-twin interaction coefficients
-      h_tw-tw: [0.0, 1.0]          # twin-twin interaction coefficients
-      Gamma_sf_0K: -0.0396         # stacking fault energy / J/m^2 at zero K; TWIP steel: -0.0526; Cu: -0.0396
-      dGamma_sf_dT: 0.0002         # temperature dependence / J/(m^2 K) of stacking fault energy
+N_tw: [12]
+b_tw: [1.47e-10]             # Burgers vector length of twin system / b
+t_tw: [5.0e-8]               # Twin stack mean thickness / m
+L_tw: 442.0                  # Length of twin nuclei / b
+x_c_tw: 1.0e-9               # critical distance for formation of twin nucleus / m
+V_cs:  1.67e-29              # cross slip volume / m^3
+p_tw: [10.0]                 # r-exponent in twin formation probability
+i_tw: 1.0                    # Adj. parameter controlling twin mean free path
+h_sl-tw: [0.0, 1.0, 1.0]     # dislocation-twin interaction coefficients
+h_tw-tw: [0.0, 1.0]          # twin-twin interaction coefficients
+T_ref: 0.0
+Gamma_sf: -0.0396            # stacking fault energy / J/m^2 at zero K; TWIP steel: -0.0526; Cu: -0.0396
+Gamma_sf,T: 0.0002         # temperature dependence / J/(m^2 K) of stacking fault energy
--- a/examples/config/Phase_Dislotwin_Tungsten.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/Phase_Dislotwin_Tungsten.yaml
@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-Tungsten:
-  lattice: cI
-  mechanical:
-    elastic: {type: Hooke, C_11: 523.0e9, C_12: 202.0e9, C_44: 161.0e9} # Marinica et al. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter(2013)
-    plastic:
-      type: dislotwin
-      D: 2.0e-5              # Average grain size / m
-      N_sl: [12]
-      b_sl: [2.72e-10]       # Burgers vector length of slip families / m
-      rho_mob_0: [1.0e12]
-      rho_dip_0: [1.0]
-      v_0: [1.0e4]           # Initial glide velocity / m/s
-      Q_s: [2.725e-19]       # Activation energy for dislocation glide / J
-      p_sl: [0.78]           # p-exponent in glide velocity
-      q_sl: [1.58]           # q-exponent in glide velocity
-      tau_0: [1.5e8]         # solid solution strength / Pa
-      i_sl: [10.0]           # Adj. parameter controlling dislocation mean free path
-      D_0: 4.0e-5            # Vacancy diffusion prefactor / m^2/s
-      D_a: 1.0               # minimum dipole distance / b
-      Q_cl: 4.5e-19          # Activation energy for climb / J
-      h_sl-sl: [1, 1.4, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
--- a/examples/config/Phase_Isotropic_FreeSurface.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/Phase_Isotropic_FreeSurface.yaml
@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-FreeSurface:
-  lattice: cI
-  mechanical:
-    output: [F, P, F_e, F_p, L_p]
-    elastic: {type: Hooke, C_11: 1e8, C_12: 1e6, C_44: 4.95e7}
-    plastic:
-      type: isotropic
-      output: [xi]
-      xi_0: 0.3e6
-      xi_inf: 0.6e6
-      dot_gamma_0: 0.001
-      n: 5
-      M: 3
-      h_0: 1e6
-      a: 2
-      dilatation: True
--- a/examples/config/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_BCC-Martensite.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_BCC-Martensite.yaml
@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 Martensite:
  lattice: cI
  mechanical:
-    elastic: {C_11: 417.4e9, C_12: 242.4e9, C_44: 211.1e9, type: Hooke}
+    elastic: {C_11: 417.4e+9, C_12: 242.4e+9, C_44: 211.1e+9, type: Hooke}
    plastic:
      N_sl: [12, 12]
      a_sl: 2.0
      dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
-      h_0_sl-sl: 563.0e9
+      h_0_sl-sl: 563.0e+9
      h_sl-sl: [1, 1.4, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
      n_sl: 20
      type: phenopowerlaw
-      xi_0_sl: [405.8e6, 456.7e6]
-      xi_inf_sl: [872.9e6, 971.2e6]
+      xi_0_sl: [405.8e+6, 456.7e+6]
+      xi_inf_sl: [872.9e+6, 971.2e+6]
--- a/examples/config/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Magnesium.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_Magnesium.yaml
@ -1,28 +1,20 @@
-# Tromans 2011, Elastic Anisotropy of HCP Metal Crystals and Polycrystals
-Magnesium:
-  lattice: hP
-  c/a: 1.62350
-  mechanical:
-    output: [F, P, F_e, F_p, L_p, O]
-    elastic: {C_11: 59.3e9, C_12: 25.7e9, C_13: 21.4e9, C_33: 61.5e9, C_44: 16.4e9, type: Hooke}
-    plastic:
-      N_sl: [3, 3, 0, 6, 0, 6]
-      N_tw: [6, 0, 0, 6]
-      h_0_tw-tw: 50.0e6
-      h_0_sl-sl: 500.0e6
-      h_0_tw-sl: 150.0e6
-      h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
-      h_tw-tw: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
-      h_sl-tw: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
-      h_tw-sl: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
-      output: [xi_sl, xi_tw]
-      type: phenopowerlaw
-      xi_0_sl: [10.0e6, 55.0e6, 0, 60.0e6, 0.0, 60.0e6]
-      xi_inf_sl: [40.0e6, 135.0e6, 0, 150.0e6, 0.0, 150.0e6]
-      xi_0_tw: [40e6, 0.0, 0.0, 60.0e6]
-      a_sl: 2.25
-      dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
-      dot_gamma_0_tw: 0.001
-      n_sl: 20
-      n_tw: 20
-      f_sat_sl-tw: 10.0
+N_sl: [3, 3, 0, 6, 0, 6]
+N_tw: [6, 0, 0, 6]
+h_0_tw-tw: 50.0e+6
+h_0_sl-sl: 500.0e+6
+h_0_tw-sl: 150.0e+6
+h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+h_tw-tw: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+h_sl-tw: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+h_tw-sl: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
+output: [xi_sl, xi_tw]
+type: phenopowerlaw
+xi_0_sl: [10.e+6, 55.e+6, 0., 60.e+6, 0., 60.e+6]
+xi_inf_sl: [40.e+6, 135.e+6, 0., 150.e+6, 0., 150.e+6]
+xi_0_tw: [40.e+6, 0., 0., 60.e+6]
+a_sl: 2.25
+dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
+dot_gamma_0_tw: 0.001
+n_sl: 20
+n_tw: 20
+f_sat_sl-tw: 10.0
--- a/examples/config/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_cpTi.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/Phase_Phenopowerlaw_cpTi.yaml
@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# M. Levy, Handbook of Elastic Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases (2001)
-# C. Zambaldi, "Orientation informed nanoindentation of a-titanium: Indentation pileup in hexagonal metals deforming by prismatic slip", J. Mater. Res., Vol. 27, No. 1, Jan 14, 2012
-# Better use values from L. Wang, Z. Zheng, H. Phukan, P. Kenesei, J.-S. Park, J. Lind, R.M. Suter, T.R. Bieler, Direct measurement of critical resolved shear stress of prismatic and basal slip in polycrystalline Ti using high energy X-ray diffraction microscopy, Acta Mater 2017
-cpTi:
-  lattice: hP
-  c/a: 1.587
-  mechanical:
-    output: [F, P, F_e, F_p, L_p, O]
-    elastic: {C_11: 160.0e9, C_12: 90.0e9, C_13: 66.0e9, C_33: 181.7e9, C_44: 46.5e9, type: Hooke}
-    plastic:
-      N_sl: [3, 3, 0, 6, 12]
-      a_sl: 2.0
-      dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
-      h_0_sl-sl: 200e6
-      h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
-      n_sl: 20
-      output: [gamma_sl]
-      type: phenopowerlaw
-      xi_0_sl: [0.15e9, 0.09e9, 0, 0.20e9, 0.25e9]
-      xi_inf_sl: [0.24e9, 0.5e9, 0, 0.6e9, 0.8e9]
--- a/examples/config/numerics.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/numerics.yaml
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ grid:
  eps_div_rtol:                5.0e-4       # relative tolerance for fulfillment of stress equilibrium
  eps_curl_atol:               1.0e-12      # absolute tolerance for fulfillment of strain compatibility
  eps_curl_rtol:               5.0e-4       # relative tolerance for fulfillment of strain compatibility
-  eps_stress_atol:             1.0e3        # absolute tolerance for fulfillment of stress BC
+  eps_stress_atol:             1.0e+3        # absolute tolerance for fulfillment of stress BC
  eps_stress_rtol:             0.01         # relative tolerance for fulfillment of stress BC
  eps_damage_atol:             1.0e-2       # absolute tolerance for damage evolution
  eps_damage_rtol:             1.0e-6       # relative tolerance for damage evolution
--- a/examples/config/phase/Mg.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/Mg.yaml
@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+references:
+  - D. Tromans,
+    International Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies 6(4)/462-483, 2011,
+    www.arpapress.com/Volumes/Vol6Issue4/IJRRAS_6_4_14.pdf
+lattice: hP
+c/a: 1.62350
+rho: 1740.0
--- a/examples/config/phase/damage/anisobrittle_cubic.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/damage/anisobrittle_cubic.yaml
@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 type: anisobrittle
 N_cl: [3]
-g_crit: [0.50e7]
+g_crit: [0.5e+7]
 s_crit: [0.006666]
-dot_o: 1e-3
+dot_o: 1.e-3
 q: 20

 output: [f_phi]

-D_11: 1.0
-M: 0.001
+K_11: 1.0
+mu: 0.001
--- a/examples/config/phase/damage/isobrittle_generic.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/damage/isobrittle_generic.yaml
@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ isoBrittle_atol: 0.01

 output: [f_phi]

-D_11: 1.0
-M: 0.001
+K_11: 1.0
+mu: 0.001
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/eigen/thermalexpansion_Au.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/eigen/thermalexpansion_Au.yaml
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 type: thermalexpansion
 references:
  - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_expansion
-A_11: 14e-6
+A_11: 14.e-6
 T_ref: 293.15
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/eigen/thermalexpansion_Cu.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/eigen/thermalexpansion_Cu.yaml
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 type: thermalexpansion
 references:
  - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_expansion
-A_11: 17e-6
+A_11: 17.e-6
 T_ref: 293.15
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Al.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Al.yaml
@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 type: Hooke
 references:
  - J. Vallin et al.,
-    Journal of Applied Physics 35(6), 1825-1826, 1964,
+    Journal of Applied Physics 35(6)/1825-1826, 1964,
    10.1063/1.1713749
-C_11: 107.3e9
-C_12: 60.8e9
-C_44: 28.3e9
+C_11: 107.3e+9
+C_12: 60.8e+9
+C_44: 28.3e+9
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Au.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Au.yaml
@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ references:
    Theory of Dislocations, 1982,
    John Wiley & Sons,
    page 837
-C_11: 186e9
-C_12: 157e9
-C_44: 42e9
+C_11: 186.e+9
+C_12: 157.e+9
+C_44: 42.e+9
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Cu.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Cu.yaml
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 type: Hooke
 references:
  - www.mit.edu/~6.777/matprops/copper.htm, fixed typo
-C_11: 168.3e9
-C_12: 122.1e9
-C_44: 75.7e9
+C_11: 168.3e+9
+C_12: 122.1e+9
+C_44: 75.7e+9
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Fe.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Fe.yaml
@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ references:
    Theory of Dislocations, 1982,
    John Wiley & Sons,
    page 837
-C_11: 242e9
-C_12: 146.5e9
-C_44: 112e9
+C_11: 242.e9
+C_12: 146.5e+9
+C_44: 112.e9
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Mg.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Mg.yaml
@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+type: Hooke
+references:
+  - D. Tromans,
+    International Journal of Recent Research and Applied Studies 6(4)/462-483, 2011,
+    www.arpapress.com/Volumes/Vol6Issue4/IJRRAS_6_4_14.pdf
+C_11: 59.3e+9
+C_33: 61.5e+9
+C_44: 16.4e+9
+C_12: 25.7e+9
+C_13: 21.4e+9
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Ni.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Ni.yaml
@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ references:
    Theory of Dislocations, 1982,
    John Wiley & Sons,
    page 837
-C_11: 246.5e9
-C_12: 147.3e9
-C_44: 124.7e9
+C_11: 246.5e+9
+C_12: 147.3e+9
+C_44: 124.7e+9
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_TWIP-steel.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_TWIP-steel.yaml
@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+type: Hooke
+references:
+  - D. Music et al.,
+    Applied Physics Letters 99(19)/191904, 2007,
+    10.1063/1.2807677
+  - S.L. Wong et al.,
+    Acta Materialia 118/140-151, 2016,
+    10.1016/j.actamat.2016.07.032
+C_11: 175.0e+9
+C_12: 115.0e+9
+C_44: 135.0e+9
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Ti.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_Ti.yaml
@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 type: Hooke
 references:
  - L. Wang et al.,
-    Acta Materialia 132, 598-610, 2017,
+    Acta Materialia 132/598-610, 2017,
    10.1016/j.actamat.2017.05.015
-C_11: 162.4e9
-C_33: 181.6e9
-C_44: 47.2e9
-C_12: 92e9
-C_13: 69e9
+C_11: 162.4e+9
+C_33: 181.6e+9
+C_44: 47.2e+9
+C_12: 92.e+9
+C_13: 69.e+9
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_W.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_W.yaml
@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 type: Hooke
 references:
  - D. Cereceda et al.,
-    International Journal of Plasticity, 78, 242-265, 2016,
+    International Journal of Plasticity 78/242-265, 2016,
    10.1016/j.ijplas.2015.09.002
-C_11: 523.e9
-C_12: 202.e9
-C_44: 161.e9
+C_11: 523.e+9
+C_12: 202.e+9
+C_44: 161.e+9
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_vanishing-Poisson-ratio.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/elastic/Hooke_vanishing-Poisson-ratio.yaml
@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+type: Hooke
+references:
+  - T. Maiti and P. Eisenlohr,
+    Scripta Materialia 145/37-40, 2018,
+    10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.09.047
+C_11: 1.e+8
+C_12: 1.e+6
+C_44: 4.95e+7
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/dislotwin_IF-steel.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/dislotwin_IF-steel.yaml
@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 type: dislotwin
 references:
  - K. Sedighiani et al.,
-    International Journal of Plasticity, 134, 102779, 2020,
+    International Journal of Plasticity 134/102779, 2020,
    10.1016/j.ijplas.2020.102779
  - K. Sedighiani et al.,
    Mechanics of Materials, submitted
 output: [rho_dip, rho_mob]
 N_sl: [12, 12]
 b_sl: [2.49e-10, 2.49e-10]
-rho_mob_0: [2.81e12, 2.8e12]
+rho_mob_0: [2.81e12, 2.8e+12]
 rho_dip_0: [1.0, 1.0] # not given
-v_0: [1.4e3, 1.4e3]
+v_0: [1.4e+3, 1.4e+3]
 Q_s: [1.57e-19, 1.57e-19] # Delta_F
-tau_0: [454e6, 454e6]
+tau_0: [454.e+6, 454.e+6]
 p_sl: [0.325, 0.325]
 q_sl: [1.55, 1.55]
 i_sl: [23.3, 23.3]
 D_a: 7.4 # C_anni
 B: [0.001, 0.001]
 h_sl-sl: [0.1, 0.72, 0.1, 0.053, 0.053, 0.073, 0.137, 0.72, 0.72, 0.053, 0.053, 0.053, 0.053, 0.073, 0.073, 0.073, 0.073, 0.073, 0.073, 0.137, 0.073, 0.073, 0.137, 0.073]
-D_0: 4.000E-05
-Q_cl: 5.400E-19 # no recovery!
-D: 40e-6 # estimated
+D_0: 4.0e-05
+Q_cl: 5.4e-19 # no recovery!
+D: 40.e-6 # estimated
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/isotropic_free-surface.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/isotropic_free-surface.yaml
@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+type: isotropic
+references:
+  - T. Maiti and P. Eisenlohr,
+    Scripta Materialia 145/37-40, 2018,
+    10.1016/j.scriptamat.2017.09.047
+output: [xi]
+dot_gamma_0: 0.001
+n: 20.
+xi_0: 0.3e+6
+xi_inf: 0.6e+6
+a: 2.
+h_0: 1.e+6
+M: 1.
+h: 1.
+dilatation: True
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/nonlocal_Al.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/nonlocal_Al.yaml
@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ w: 10              # w_k in multiple of b
 p_sl: 1
 q_sl: 1

-nu_a: 50.e9
+nu_a: 50.e+9
 B: 1.e-2
 f_ed: 1.0  # k_3

@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ sigma_rho_u: 0   # no random distribution


 short_range_stress_correction: false
-rho_significant: 1e6
+rho_significant: 1.e6
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/nonlocal_Ni.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/nonlocal_Ni.yaml
@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ d_sc: [12.e-9]
 i_sl: [45]      # k_2
 f_ed_mult: 0.1  # k_1

-rho_u_ed_neg_0: [6.e10] # 2.88e12 / (12*4)
-rho_u_ed_pos_0: [6.e10] # 2.88e12 / (12*4)
-rho_u_sc_neg_0: [6.e10] # 2.88e12 / (12*4)
-rho_u_sc_pos_0: [6.e10] # 2.88e12 / (12*4)
+rho_u_ed_neg_0: [6.e+10] # 2.88e12 / (12*4)
+rho_u_ed_pos_0: [6.e+10] # 2.88e12 / (12*4)
+rho_u_sc_neg_0: [6.e+10] # 2.88e12 / (12*4)
+rho_u_sc_pos_0: [6.e+10] # 2.88e12 / (12*4)
 rho_d_ed_0: [0]
 rho_d_sc_0: [0]

@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ w: 10              # w_k
 p_sl: 1
 q_sl: 1

-nu_a: 50.e9
+nu_a: 50.e+9
 B: 1.e-3
 f_ed: 0.01  # k_3

@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ sigma_rho_u: 0   # no random distribution


 short_range_stress_correction: false
-rho_significant: 1e6
+rho_significant: 1.e6
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_Al.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_Al.yaml
@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 type: phenopowerlaw
 references:
  - W.F. Hosford et al.,
-    Acta Metallurgica, 8(3), 187-199, 1960,
+    Acta Metallurgica 8(3)/187-199, 1960,
    10.1016/0001-6160(60)90127-9,
    fitted from Fig. 5
 output: [xi_sl, gamma_sl]
 N_sl: [12]
 n_sl: 20
 a_sl: 3.1
-h_0_sl-sl: 1.7e8
-xi_0_sl: [5.0e6]
-xi_inf_sl: [37.5e6]
+h_0_sl-sl: 1.7e+8
+xi_0_sl: [5.0e+6]
+xi_inf_sl: [37.5e+6]
 h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
 dot_gamma_0_sl: 4.5e-3
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_Au.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_Au.yaml
@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 type: phenopowerlaw
 references:
  - D. Ma et al.,
-    Acta Materialia, 103, 796-808, 2016,
+    Acta Materialia 103/796-808, 2016,
    10.1016/j.actamat.2015.11.016
  - I. Kovács and G.Vörös,
-    International Journal of Plasticity, 12, 35-43, 1996,
+    International Journal of Plasticity 12/35-43, 1996,
    10.1016/S0749-6419(95)00043-7
 output: [xi_sl, gamma_sl]
 N_sl: [12]
 n_sl: 83.3
 a_sl: 1.0
-h_0_sl-sl: 75.0e6
-xi_0_sl: [26.25e6]
-xi_inf_sl: [53.0e6]
+h_0_sl-sl: 75.0e+6
+xi_0_sl: [26.25e+6]
+xi_inf_sl: [53.0e+6]
 h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
 dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_Cu.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_Cu.yaml
@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 type: phenopowerlaw
 references:
  - T Takeuchi,
-    Transactions of the Japan Institute of Metals 16(10), 629-640, 1975,
+    Transactions of the Japan Institute of Metals 16(10)/629-640, 1975,
    10.2320/matertrans1960.16.629,
    fitted from Fig. 3b
 output: [xi_sl, gamma_sl]
 N_sl: [12]
 n_sl: 20
 a_sl: 1.0
-h_0_sl-sl: 2.4e8
-xi_0_sl: [1.5e6]
-xi_inf_sl: [112.5e6]
+h_0_sl-sl: 2.4e+8
+xi_0_sl: [1.5e+6]
+xi_inf_sl: [112.5e+6]
 h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
-dot_gamma_0_sl: 3e-3
+dot_gamma_0_sl: 3.e-3
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_DP-steel-ferrite.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_DP-steel-ferrite.yaml
@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 type: phenopowerlaw
 references:
  - C.C. Tasan et al.,
-    Acta Materialia, 81, 386-400, 2014,
+    Acta Materialia 81/386-400, 2014,
    10.1016/j.actamat.2014.07.071
 output: [xi_sl, gamma_sl]
 N_sl: [12, 12]
 n_sl: 20
 a_sl: 2.25
-h_0_sl-sl: 1.0e9
-xi_0_sl: [95.e6, 96.e6]
-xi_inf_sl: [222.e6, 412.e6]
+h_0_sl-sl: 1.0e+9
+xi_0_sl: [95.e+6, 96.e+6]
+xi_inf_sl: [222.e+6, 412.e+6]
 h_sl-sl: [1, 1.4, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
 dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
--- a/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_Ti.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/mechanical/plastic/phenopowerlaw_Ti.yaml
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+type: phenopowerlaw
+references:
+  - C. Zambaldi et al.,
+    Journal of Materials Research 27(1)/356-367, 2021,
+    10.1557/jmr.2011.334
+  - L. Wang et al.,
+    Acta Materialia 132/598-610, 2017,
+    10.1016/j.actamat.2017.05.015
+output: [gamma_sl]
+N_sl: [3, 3, 0, 0, 12]
+n_sl: 20
+a_sl: 2.0
+dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
+h_0_sl-sl: 200.e+6
+# C. Zambaldi et al.:
+xi_0_sl:   [349.e+6, 150.e+6, 0.0, 0.0, 1107.e+6]
+xi_inf_sl: [568.e+6, 150.e+7, 0.0, 0.0, 3420.e+6]
+# L. Wang et al. :
+# xi_0_sl:   [127.e+6, 96.e+6, 0.0, 0.0, 240.e+6]
+h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1]
--- a/examples/config/phase/thermal/fast-convection.yaml
+++ b/examples/config/phase/thermal/fast-convection.yaml
@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 C_p: 1
-K_11: 1e30
-K_33: 1e30
+K_11: 1.e+30
+K_33: 1.e+30
--- a/examples/grid/material.yaml
+++ b/examples/grid/material.yaml
@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ phase:
    lattice: cF
    mechanical:
      output: [F, P, F_e, F_p, L_p, O]
-      elastic: {type: Hooke, C_11: 106.75e9, C_12: 60.41e9, C_44: 28.34e9}
+      elastic: {type: Hooke, C_11: 106.75e+9, C_12: 60.41e+9, C_44: 28.34e+9}
      plastic:
        type: phenopowerlaw
        N_sl: [12]
        a_sl: 2.25
        atol_xi: 1.0
        dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
-        h_0_sl-sl: 75e6
+        h_0_sl-sl: 75.e+6
        h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
        n_sl: 20
        output: [xi_sl]
-        xi_0_sl: [31e6]
-        xi_inf_sl: [63e6]
+        xi_0_sl: [31.e+6]
+        xi_inf_sl: [63.e+6]

 material:
  - homogenization: SX
--- a/examples/grid/shearXY.yaml
+++ b/examples/grid/shearXY.yaml
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ solver:
 loadstep:
  - boundary_conditions:
      mechanical:
-        dot_F: [ [0, 0, 0], [1e-3, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0] ]
+        dot_F: [ [0, 0, 0], [1.e-3, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0] ]
    discretization:
      t: 60
      N: 120
--- a/examples/grid/shearZX.yaml
+++ b/examples/grid/shearZX.yaml
@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ solver:
 loadstep:
  - boundary_conditions:
      mechanical:
-        dot_F: [[0, 0, 1e-3], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
+        dot_F: [[0, 0, 1.e-3], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]]
    discretization:
      t: 60
      N: 120
--- a/examples/grid/tension-hold-unload.yaml
+++ b/examples/grid/tension-hold-unload.yaml
@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-solver: {mechanical: spectral_basic}
-
-loadstep:
-  - boundary_conditions:
-      mechanical:
-        P:
-          - [x, x, x]
-          - [x, 0, x]
-          - [x, x, 0]
-        dot_F:
-          - [0.001, 0, 0]
-          - [0, x, 0]
-          - [0, 0, x]
-    discretization: {t: 10.0, N: 40}
-    f_out: 4
-  - boundary_conditions:
-      mechanical:
-        dot_P:
-          - [0, x, x]
-          - [x, x, x]
-          - [x, x, x]
-        dot_F:
-          - [x, 0, 0]
-          - [0, 0, 0]
-          - [0, 0, 0]
-    discretization: {t: 10.0, N: 20}
-  - boundary_conditions:
-      mechanical:
-        P:
-          - [0, x, x]
-          - [x, 0, x]
-          - [x, x, 0]
-        dot_F:
-          - [x, 0, 0]
-          - [0, x, 0]
-          - [0, 0, x]
-    discretization: {t: 10.0, N: 20}
--- a/examples/mesh/material.yaml
+++ b/examples/mesh/material.yaml
@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ phase:
    lattice: cF
    mechanical:
      output: [F, P, F_e, F_p, L_p]
-      elastic: {type: Hooke, C_11: 106.75e9, C_12: 60.41e9, C_44: 28.34e9}
+      elastic: {type: Hooke, C_11: 106.75e+9, C_12: 60.41e+9, C_44: 28.34e+9}
      plastic:
        type: phenopowerlaw
        N_sl: [12]
        a_sl: 2.25
        atol_xi: 1.0
        dot_gamma_0_sl: 0.001
-        h_0_sl-sl: 75e6
+        h_0_sl-sl: 75.e+6
        h_sl-sl: [1, 1, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4]
        n_sl: 20
        output: [xi_sl]
-        xi_0_sl: [31e6]
-        xi_inf_sl: [63e6]
+        xi_0_sl: [31.e+6]
+        xi_inf_sl: [63.e+6]

 material:
  - constituents:
--- a/examples/mesh/tensionZ.load
+++ b/examples/mesh/tensionZ.load
@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #initial elastic step
 $Loadcase 1 time 0.0005 incs 1 frequency 5
 Face 1 X 0.01
- Face 2 X 0.00
- Face 2 Y 0.00
- Face 2 Z 0.00
+ Face 2 X 0.0
+ Face 2 Y 0.0
+ Face 2 Z 0.0
 $EndLoadcase
 $Loadcase 2 time 10.0 incs 200 frequency 5
 Face 1 X 0.01
- Face 2 X 0.00
- Face 2 Y 0.00
- Face 2 Z 0.00
+ Face 2 X 0.0
+ Face 2 Y 0.0
+ Face 2 Z 0.0
 $EndLoadcase
--- a/installation/MarcMentat/installation.txt
+++ b/installation/MarcMentat/installation.txt
@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ APPENDIX:

 The structure of this directory should be (VERSION = 20XX or 20XX.Y)

-./installation.txt                              this text
-./apply_DAMASK_modifications.sh                 script file to apply modifications to the installation
 ./VERSION/Marc_tools/comp_user.original         original file from installation
 ./VERSION/Marc_tools/comp_damask_mp             modified version using -O1 optimization and OpenMP
 ./VERSION/Marc_tools/comp_damask_lmp            modified version using -O0 optimization and OpenMP
@ -36,6 +34,7 @@ The structure of this directory should be (VERSION = 20XX or 20XX.Y)
 ./VERSION/Mentat_bin/submit4                    modified version of original calling run_h_marc
 ./VERSION/Mentat_bin/submit5                    modified version of original calling run_marc
 ./VERSION/Mentat_bin/submit6                    modified version of original calling run_l_marc
+./VERSION/Mentat_bin/kill1.original             original file from installation
 ./VERSION/Mentat_bin/kill4                      kill file for submit4, identical to original kill1
 ./VERSION/Mentat_bin/kill5                      kill file for submit5, identical to original kill1
 ./VERSION/Mentat_bin/kill6                      kill file for submit6, identical to original kill1
--- a/processing/legacy/geom_grainGrowth.py
+++ b/processing/legacy/geom_grainGrowth.py
@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Smoothen interface roughness by simulated curvature flow.
 This is achieved by the diffusion of each initially sharply bounded grain volume within the periodic domain
 up to a given distance 'd' voxels.
 The final geometry is assembled by selecting at each voxel that grain index for which the concentration remains largest.
+References 10.1073/pnas.1111557108 (10.1006/jcph.1994.1105)

 """, version = scriptID)

--- a/python/damask/VERSION
+++ b/python/damask/VERSION
@ -1 +1 @@
-v3.0.0-alpha4-10-g0ad4fd00b
+v3.0.0-alpha4-59-g442759a09
--- a/python/damask/_grid.py
+++ b/python/damask/_grid.py
@ -406,23 +406,19 @@ class Grid:
            seeds_p = np.vstack((seeds  -np.array([size[0],0.,0.]),seeds,  seeds  +np.array([size[0],0.,0.])))
            seeds_p = np.vstack((seeds_p-np.array([0.,size[1],0.]),seeds_p,seeds_p+np.array([0.,size[1],0.])))
            seeds_p = np.vstack((seeds_p-np.array([0.,0.,size[2]]),seeds_p,seeds_p+np.array([0.,0.,size[2]])))
-            coords  = grid_filters.coordinates0_point(cells*3,size*3,-size).reshape(-1,3)
        else:
            weights_p = weights
            seeds_p   = seeds
-            coords    = grid_filters.coordinates0_point(cells,size).reshape(-1,3)
+
+        coords = grid_filters.coordinates0_point(cells,size).reshape(-1,3)

        pool = mp.Pool(int(os.environ.get('OMP_NUM_THREADS',4)))
-        result = pool.map_async(partial(Grid._find_closest_seed,seeds_p,weights_p), [coord for coord in coords])
+        result = pool.map_async(partial(Grid._find_closest_seed,seeds_p,weights_p), coords)
        pool.close()
        pool.join()
-        material_ = np.array(result.get())
+        material_ = np.array(result.get()).reshape(cells)

-        if periodic:
-            material_ = material_.reshape(cells*3)
-            material_ = material_[cells[0]:cells[0]*2,cells[1]:cells[1]*2,cells[2]:cells[2]*2]%seeds.shape[0]
-        else:
-            material_ = material_.reshape(cells)
+        if periodic: material_ %= len(weights)

        return Grid(material = material_ if material is None else material[material_],
                    size     = size,
@ -661,6 +657,30 @@ class Grid:
        updated : damask.Grid
            Updated grid-based geometry.

+        Examples
+        --------
+        Add a sphere at the center.
+
+        >>> import numpy as np
+        >>> import damask
+        >>> g = damask.Grid(np.zeros([64]*3,int), np.ones(3)*1e-4)
+        >>> g.add_primitive(np.ones(3)*5e-5,np.ones(3)*5e-5,1)
+        cells  a b c: 64 x 64 x 64
+        size   x y z: 0.0001 x 0.0001 x 0.0001
+        origin x y z: 0.0   0.0   0.0
+        # materials: 2
+
+        Add a cube at the origin.
+
+        >>> import numpy as np
+        >>> import damask
+        >>> g = damask.Grid(np.zeros([64]*3,int), np.ones(3)*1e-4)
+        >>> g.add_primitive(np.ones(3,int)*32,np.zeros(3),np.inf)
+        cells  a b c: 64 x 64 x 64
+        size   x y z: 0.0001 x 0.0001 x 0.0001
+        origin x y z: 0.0   0.0   0.0
+        # materials: 2
+
        """
        # radius and center
        r = np.array(dimension)/2.0*self.size/self.cells if np.array(dimension).dtype in np.sctypes['int'] else \
@ -706,6 +726,19 @@ class Grid:
        updated : damask.Grid
            Updated grid-based geometry.

+        Examples
+        --------
+        Mirror along x- and y-direction.
+
+        >>> import numpy as np
+        >>> import damask
+        >>> g = damask.Grid(np.zeros([32]*3,int), np.ones(3)*1e-4)
+        >>> g.mirror('xy',True)
+        cells  a b c: 64 x 64 x 32
+        size   x y z: 0.0002 x 0.0002 x 0.0001
+        origin x y z: 0.0   0.0   0.0
+        # materials: 1
+
        """
        valid = ['x','y','z']
        if not set(directions).issubset(valid):
@ -773,6 +806,19 @@ class Grid:
        updated : damask.Grid
            Updated grid-based geometry.

+        Examples
+        --------
+        Double resolution.
+
+        >>> import numpy as np
+        >>> import damask
+        >>> g = damask.Grid(np.zeros([32]*3,int),np.ones(3)*1e-4)
+        >>> g.scale(g.cells*2)
+        cells  a b c: 64 x 64 x 64
+        size   x y z: 0.0001 x 0.0001 x 0.0001
+        origin x y z: 0.0   0.0   0.0
+        # materials: 1
+
        """
        return Grid(material = ndimage.interpolation.zoom(
                                                           self.material,
@ -903,6 +949,19 @@ class Grid:
        updated : damask.Grid
            Updated grid-based geometry.

+        Examples
+        --------
+        Remove 1/2 of the microstructure in z-direction.
+
+        >>> import numpy as np
+        >>> import damask
+        >>> g = damask.Grid(np.zeros([32]*3,int),np.ones(3)*1e-4)
+        >>> g.canvas(np.array([32,32,16],int))
+        cells  a b c: 33 x 32 x 16
+        size   x y z: 0.0001 x 0.0001 x 5e-05
+        origin x y z: 0.0   0.0   0.0
+        # materials: 1
+
        """
        if offset is None: offset = 0
        if fill is None: fill = np.nanmax(self.material) + 1
--- a/python/damask/_result.py
+++ b/python/damask/_result.py
@ -1732,6 +1732,3 @@ class Result:
        if flatten: r = util.dict_flatten(r)

        return None if (type(r) == dict and r == {}) else r
-
-    save_VTK = export_VTK
-    save_XDMF = export_XDMF
--- a/python/damask/util.py
+++ b/python/damask/util.py
@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ class _ProgressBar:
        self.total = total
        self.prefix = prefix
        self.bar_length = bar_length
-        self.start_time = datetime.datetime.now()
-        self.last_fraction = 0.0
+        self.time_start = self.time_last_update = datetime.datetime.now()
+        self.fraction_last = 0.0

        sys.stderr.write(f"{self.prefix} {'░'*self.bar_length}   0% ETA n/a")
        sys.stderr.flush()
@ -588,17 +588,17 @@ class _ProgressBar:
        fraction = (iteration+1) / self.total
        filled_length = int(self.bar_length * fraction)

-        delta_time = datetime.datetime.now() - self.start_time
-
-        if filled_length > int(self.bar_length * self.last_fraction) or \
-            delta_time > datetime.timedelta(minutes=1):
+        if filled_length > int(self.bar_length * self.fraction_last) or \
+            datetime.datetime.now() - self.time_last_update > datetime.timedelta(seconds=10):
+            self.time_last_update = datetime.datetime.now()
            bar = '█' * filled_length + '░' * (self.bar_length - filled_length)
-            remaining_time = (self.total - (iteration+1)) * delta_time / (iteration+1)
+            remaining_time = (datetime.datetime.now() - self.time_start) \
+                           * (self.total - (iteration+1)) / (iteration+1)
            remaining_time -= datetime.timedelta(microseconds=remaining_time.microseconds)          # remove μs
            sys.stderr.write(f'\r{self.prefix} {bar} {fraction:>4.0%} ETA {remaining_time}')
            sys.stderr.flush()

-        self.last_fraction = fraction
+        self.fraction_last = fraction

        if iteration == self.total - 1:
            sys.stderr.write('\n')
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ setuptools.setup(
    version=version,
    author='The DAMASK team',
    author_email='damask@mpie.de',
-    description='DAMASK library',
-    long_description='Python library for managing DAMASK simulations',
+    description='DAMASK processing tools',
+    long_description='Pre- and post-processing tools for DAMASK',
    url='https://damask.mpie.de',
    packages=setuptools.find_packages(),
    include_package_data=True,
--- a/src/CPFEM2.f90
+++ b/src/CPFEM2.f90
@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module CPFEM2
  use prec
+  use parallelization
  use config
  use math
  use rotations
@ -15,15 +16,16 @@ module CPFEM2
  use IO
  use base64
  use DAMASK_interface
-  use results
  use discretization
+  use HDF5
  use HDF5_utilities
+  use results
  use homogenization
  use phase
-#if    defined(Mesh)
+#if   defined(MESH)
  use FEM_quadrature
  use discretization_mesh
-#elif defined(Grid)
+#elif defined(GRID)
  use discretization_grid
 #endif

@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ subroutine CPFEM_initAll
  call prec_init
  call IO_init
  call base64_init
-#ifdef Mesh
+#ifdef MESH
  call FEM_quadrature_init
 #endif
  call YAML_types_init
@ -54,9 +56,9 @@ subroutine CPFEM_initAll
  call lattice_init
  call HDF5_utilities_init
  call results_init(restart=interface_restartInc>0)
-#if    defined(Mesh)
+#if   defined(MESH)
  call discretization_mesh_init(restart=interface_restartInc>0)
-#elif defined(Grid)
+#elif defined(GRID)
  call discretization_grid_init(restart=interface_restartInc>0)
 #endif
  call material_init(restart=interface_restartInc>0)
--- a/src/DAMASK_Marc.f90
+++ b/src/DAMASK_Marc.f90
@ -11,15 +11,17 @@
 #define QUOTE(x) #x
 #define PASTE(x,y) x ## y

+#ifdef Marc4DAMASK
+#define MARC4DAMASK Marc4DAMASK
+#endif
+
 #include "prec.f90"

 module DAMASK_interface
  use prec
-#if __INTEL_COMPILER >= 1800
  use, intrinsic :: ISO_fortran_env, only: &
    compiler_version, &
    compiler_options
-#endif
  use ifport, only: &
    CHDIR

@ -212,8 +214,8 @@ subroutine hypela2(d,g,e,de,s,t,dt,ngens,m,nn,kcus,matus,ndi,nshear,disp, &
 ! Marc common blocks are in fixed format so they have to be reformated to free format (f90)
 ! Beware of changes in newer Marc versions

-#include QUOTE(PASTE(./Marc/include/concom,Marc4DAMASK))                                            ! concom is needed for inc, lovl
-#include QUOTE(PASTE(./Marc/include/creeps,Marc4DAMASK))                                            ! creeps is needed for timinc (time increment)
+#include QUOTE(PASTE(./Marc/include/concom,MARC4DAMASK))                                            ! concom is needed for inc, lovl
+#include QUOTE(PASTE(./Marc/include/creeps,MARC4DAMASK))                                            ! creeps is needed for timinc (time increment)

  logical :: cutBack
  real(pReal), dimension(6) ::   stress
@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ subroutine uedinc(inc,incsub)
  integer :: n, nqncomp, nqdatatype
  integer, save :: inc_written
  real(pReal), allocatable, dimension(:,:) :: d_n
-#include QUOTE(PASTE(./Marc/include/creeps,Marc4DAMASK))                                            ! creeps is needed for timinc (time increment)
+#include QUOTE(PASTE(./Marc/include/creeps,MARC4DAMASK))                                            ! creeps is needed for timinc (time increment)


  if (inc > inc_written) then
--- a/src/DAMASK_interface.f90
+++ b/src/DAMASK_interface.f90
@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ subroutine DAMASK_interface_init
  print*, '   _/    _/  _/_/_/_/  _/  _/  _/  _/_/_/_/    _/_/    _/_/          _/_/'
  print*, '  _/    _/  _/    _/  _/      _/  _/    _/        _/  _/  _/            _/'
  print*, ' _/_/_/    _/    _/  _/      _/  _/    _/  _/_/_/    _/    _/    _/_/_/'
+#if   defined(GRID)
+  print*, ' Grid solver'
+#elif defined(MESH)
+  print*, ' Mesh solver'
+#endif
 #ifdef DEBUG
  print'(/,a)', ' debug version - debug version - debug version - debug version - debug version'
 #endif
--- a/src/HDF5_utilities.f90
+++ b/src/HDF5_utilities.f90
@ -6,15 +6,19 @@
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module HDF5_utilities
  use HDF5
-#ifdef PETSc
-  use PETSC
+#ifdef PETSC
+#include <petsc/finclude/petscsys.h>
+  use PETScSys
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI
+#endif
 #endif

  use prec
  use parallelization

  implicit none
-  public
+  private

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 !> @brief reads integer or float data of defined shape from file
@ -71,11 +75,23 @@ module HDF5_utilities
    module procedure HDF5_addAttribute_real_array
  end interface HDF5_addAttribute

-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
  logical, parameter, private :: parallel_default = .true.
 #else
  logical, parameter, private :: parallel_default = .false.
 #endif
+  public :: &
+    HDF5_utilities_init, &
+    HDF5_read, &
+    HDF5_write, &
+    HDF5_addAttribute, &
+    HDF5_addGroup, &
+    HDF5_openGroup, &
+    HDF5_closeGroup, &
+    HDF5_openFile, &
+    HDF5_closeFile, &
+    HDF5_objectExists, &
+    HDF5_setLink

 contains

@ -130,7 +146,7 @@ integer(HID_T) function HDF5_openFile(fileName,mode)
  call h5pcreate_f(H5P_FILE_ACCESS_F, plist_id, hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'

-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
  call h5pset_fapl_mpio_f(plist_id, PETSC_COMM_WORLD, MPI_INFO_NULL, hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'
 #endif
@ -187,7 +203,7 @@ integer(HID_T) function HDF5_addGroup(fileHandle,groupName)

 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! setting I/O mode to collective
-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
  call h5pset_all_coll_metadata_ops_f(aplist_id, .true., hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'
 #endif
@ -223,7 +239,7 @@ integer(HID_T) function HDF5_openGroup(fileHandle,groupName)

 !-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! setting I/O mode to collective
-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
  call h5pget_all_coll_metadata_ops_f(aplist_id, is_collective, hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'
 #endif
@ -1692,7 +1708,7 @@ subroutine initialize_read(dset_id, filespace_id, memspace_id, plist_id, aplist_
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  readSize = 0
  readSize(worldrank+1) = int(localShape(ubound(localShape,1)))
-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
  if (parallel) then
    call h5pset_dxpl_mpio_f(plist_id, H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE_F, hdferr)
    if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'
@ -1713,7 +1729,7 @@ subroutine initialize_read(dset_id, filespace_id, memspace_id, plist_id, aplist_
 ! creating a property list for IO and set it to collective
  call h5pcreate_f(H5P_DATASET_ACCESS_F, aplist_id, hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'
-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
  call h5pset_all_coll_metadata_ops_f(aplist_id, .true., hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'
 #endif
@ -1782,7 +1798,7 @@ subroutine initialize_write(dset_id, filespace_id, memspace_id, plist_id, &
 ! creating a property list for transfer properties (is collective when reading in parallel)
  call h5pcreate_f(H5P_DATASET_XFER_F, plist_id, hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'
-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
  if (parallel) then
    call h5pset_dxpl_mpio_f(plist_id, H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE_F, hdferr)
    if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'
@ -1793,7 +1809,7 @@ subroutine initialize_write(dset_id, filespace_id, memspace_id, plist_id, &
 ! determine the global data layout among all processes
  writeSize              = 0
  writeSize(worldrank+1) = int(myShape(ubound(myShape,1)))
-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
  if (parallel) then
    call MPI_allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,writeSize,worldsize,MPI_INT,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)      ! get total output size over each process
    if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
--- a/src/grid/DAMASK_grid.f90
+++ b/src/grid/DAMASK_grid.f90
@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 program DAMASK_grid
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsys.h>
-  use PETScsys
+  use PETScSys
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif
+
  use prec
  use parallelization
  use DAMASK_interface
@ -432,7 +436,7 @@ program DAMASK_grid
          print'(/,a,i0,a)', ' increment ', totalIncsCounter, ' NOT converged'
        endif; flush(IO_STDOUT)

-        call MPI_Allreduce(interface_SIGUSR1,signal,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+        call MPI_Allreduce(interface_SIGUSR1,signal,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
        if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
        if (mod(inc,loadCases(l)%f_out) == 0 .or. signal) then
          print'(1/,a)', ' ... writing results to file ......................................'
@ -440,14 +444,14 @@ program DAMASK_grid
          call CPFEM_results(totalIncsCounter,time)
        endif
        if(signal) call interface_setSIGUSR1(.false.)
-        call MPI_Allreduce(interface_SIGUSR2,signal,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+        call MPI_Allreduce(interface_SIGUSR2,signal,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
        if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
        if (mod(inc,loadCases(l)%f_restart) == 0 .or. signal) then
          call mechanical_restartWrite
          call CPFEM_restartWrite
        endif
        if(signal) call interface_setSIGUSR2(.false.)
-        call MPI_Allreduce(interface_SIGTERM,signal,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+        call MPI_Allreduce(interface_SIGTERM,signal,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
        if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
        if (signal) exit loadCaseLooping
      endif skipping
--- a/src/grid/discretization_grid.f90
+++ b/src/grid/discretization_grid.f90
@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module discretization_grid
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsys.h>
-  use PETScsys
+  use PETScSys
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use prec
  use parallelization
@ -75,12 +78,12 @@ subroutine discretization_grid_init(restart)
  endif


-  call MPI_Bcast(grid,3,MPI_INTEGER,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(grid,3,MPI_INTEGER,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
  if (grid(1) < 2) call IO_error(844, ext_msg='cells(1) must be larger than 1')
-  call MPI_Bcast(geomSize,3,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(geomSize,3,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
-  call MPI_Bcast(origin,3,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(origin,3,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'

  print'(/,a,3(i12  ))',  ' cells    a b c: ', grid
@ -105,13 +108,13 @@ subroutine discretization_grid_init(restart)
  myGrid = [grid(1:2),grid3]
  mySize = [geomSize(1:2),size3]

-  call MPI_Gather(product(grid(1:2))*grid3Offset,1,MPI_INTEGER,displs,    1,MPI_INTEGER,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Gather(product(grid(1:2))*grid3Offset,1,MPI_INTEGER,displs,    1,MPI_INTEGER,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
-  call MPI_Gather(product(myGrid),               1,MPI_INTEGER,sendcounts,1,MPI_INTEGER,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Gather(product(myGrid),               1,MPI_INTEGER,sendcounts,1,MPI_INTEGER,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'

  allocate(materialAt(product(myGrid)))
-  call MPI_scatterv(materialAt_global,sendcounts,displs,MPI_INTEGER,materialAt,size(materialAt),MPI_INTEGER,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Scatterv(materialAt_global,sendcounts,displs,MPI_INTEGER,materialAt,size(materialAt),MPI_INTEGER,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'

  call discretization_init(materialAt, &
--- a/src/grid/grid_damage_spectral.f90
+++ b/src/grid/grid_damage_spectral.f90
@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 module grid_damage_spectral
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsnes.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmda.h>
-  use PETScdmda
-  use PETScsnes
+  use PETScDMDA
+  use PETScSNES
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use prec
  use parallelization
@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ subroutine grid_damage_spectral_init()
  call SNESSetOptionsPrefix(damage_snes,'damage_',ierr);CHKERRQ(ierr)
  localK            = 0
  localK(worldrank) = grid3
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  call DMDACreate3D(PETSC_COMM_WORLD, &
         DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, &                                    ! cut off stencil at boundary
         DMDA_STENCIL_BOX, &                                                                        ! Moore (26) neighborhood around central point
@ -187,10 +190,10 @@ function grid_damage_spectral_solution(timeinc) result(solution)
  endif
  stagNorm = maxval(abs(phi_current - phi_stagInc))
  solnNorm = maxval(abs(phi_current))
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,stagNorm,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_MAX,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,solnNorm,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_MAX,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
-  phi_stagInc = phi_current
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,stagNorm,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_MAX,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  solution%stagConverged = stagNorm < max(num%eps_damage_atol, num%eps_damage_rtol*solnNorm)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,solution%stagConverged,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LAND,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  phi_stagInc = phi_current

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! updating damage state
@ -320,9 +323,9 @@ subroutine updateReference()
  enddo

  K_ref = K_ref*wgt
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,K_ref,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,K_ref,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  mu_ref = mu_ref*wgt
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,mu_ref,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,mu_ref,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)

 end subroutine updateReference

--- a/src/grid/grid_mech_FEM.f90
+++ b/src/grid/grid_mech_FEM.f90
@ -7,13 +7,17 @@
 module grid_mechanical_FEM
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsnes.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmda.h>
-  use PETScdmda
-  use PETScsnes
+  use PETScDMDA
+  use PETScSNES
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use prec
  use parallelization
  use DAMASK_interface
  use IO
+  use HDF5
  use HDF5_utilities
  use math
  use rotations
@ -162,7 +166,7 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_FEM_init
  CHKERRQ(ierr)
  localK            = 0
  localK(worldrank) = grid3
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  call DMDACreate3d(PETSC_COMM_WORLD, &
         DM_BOUNDARY_PERIODIC, DM_BOUNDARY_PERIODIC, DM_BOUNDARY_PERIODIC, &
         DMDA_STENCIL_BOX, &
@ -236,16 +240,16 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_FEM_init
    groupHandle = HDF5_openGroup(fileHandle,'solver')

    call HDF5_read(P_aim,groupHandle,'P_aim',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(P_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(P_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F_aim,groupHandle,'F_aim',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F_aim_lastInc,groupHandle,'F_aim_lastInc',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim_lastInc,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim_lastInc,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F_aimDot,groupHandle,'F_aimDot',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(F_aimDot,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(F_aimDot,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F,groupHandle,'F')
    call HDF5_read(F_lastInc,groupHandle,'F_lastInc')
@ -270,10 +274,10 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_FEM_init
  restartRead2: if (interface_restartInc > 0) then
    print'(a,i0,a)', ' reading more restart data of increment ', interface_restartInc, ' from file'
    call HDF5_read(C_volAvg,groupHandle,'C_volAvg',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(C_volAvgLastInc,groupHandle,'C_volAvgLastInc',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvgLastInc,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvgLastInc,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'

    call HDF5_closeGroup(groupHandle)
@ -567,7 +571,7 @@ subroutine formResidual(da_local,x_local, &
  call utilities_constitutiveResponse(P_current,&
                                      P_av,C_volAvg,devNull, &
                                      F,params%timeinc,params%rotation_BC)
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,terminallyIll,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,terminallyIll,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! stress BC handling
--- a/src/grid/grid_mech_spectral_basic.f90
+++ b/src/grid/grid_mech_spectral_basic.f90
@ -7,13 +7,17 @@
 module grid_mechanical_spectral_basic
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsnes.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmda.h>
-  use PETScdmda
-  use PETScsnes
+  use PETScDMDA
+  use PETScSNES
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use prec
  use parallelization
  use DAMASK_interface
  use IO
+  use HDF5
  use HDF5_utilities
  use math
  use rotations
@ -98,7 +102,11 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_basic_init
    F                                                                                               ! pointer to solution data
  PetscInt, dimension(0:worldsize-1) :: localK
  integer(HID_T) :: fileHandle, groupHandle
-  integer        :: fileUnit
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  type(MPI_File) :: fileUnit
+#else
+  integer :: fileUnit
+#endif
  class (tNode), pointer :: &
    num_grid, &
    debug_grid
@ -153,7 +161,7 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_basic_init
  call SNESSetOptionsPrefix(snes,'mechanical_',ierr);CHKERRQ(ierr)
  localK            = 0
  localK(worldrank) = grid3
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  call DMDACreate3d(PETSC_COMM_WORLD, &
         DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, &                                    ! cut off stencil at boundary
         DMDA_STENCIL_BOX, &                                                                        ! Moore (26) neighborhood around central point
@ -184,16 +192,16 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_basic_init
    groupHandle = HDF5_openGroup(fileHandle,'solver')

    call HDF5_read(P_aim,groupHandle,'P_aim',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(P_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(P_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F_aim,groupHandle,'F_aim',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F_aim_lastInc,groupHandle,'F_aim_lastInc',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim_lastInc,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim_lastInc,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F_aimDot,groupHandle,'F_aimDot',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(F_aimDot,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(F_aimDot,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F,groupHandle,'F')
    call HDF5_read(F_lastInc,groupHandle,'F_lastInc')
@ -213,16 +221,16 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_basic_init
  restartRead2: if (interface_restartInc > 0) then
    print'(a,i0,a)', ' reading more restart data of increment ', interface_restartInc, ' from file'
    call HDF5_read(C_volAvg,groupHandle,'C_volAvg',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(C_volAvgLastInc,groupHandle,'C_volAvgLastInc',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvgLastInc,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvgLastInc,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'

    call HDF5_closeGroup(groupHandle)
    call HDF5_closeFile(fileHandle)

-    call MPI_File_open(PETSC_COMM_WORLD, trim(getSolverJobName())//'.C_ref', &
+    call MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, trim(getSolverJobName())//'.C_ref', &
                       MPI_MODE_RDONLY,MPI_INFO_NULL,fileUnit,ierr)
    call MPI_File_read(fileUnit,C_minMaxAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_STATUS_IGNORE,ierr)
    call MPI_File_close(fileUnit,ierr)
@ -487,7 +495,7 @@ subroutine formResidual(in, F, &
  call utilities_constitutiveResponse(residuum, &                                                   ! "residuum" gets field of first PK stress (to save memory)
                                      P_av,C_volAvg,C_minMaxAvg, &
                                      F,params%timeinc,params%rotation_BC)
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,terminallyIll,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,terminallyIll,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! stress BC handling
--- a/src/grid/grid_mech_spectral_polarisation.f90
+++ b/src/grid/grid_mech_spectral_polarisation.f90
@ -7,13 +7,17 @@
 module grid_mechanical_spectral_polarisation
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsnes.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmda.h>
-  use PETScdmda
-  use PETScsnes
+  use PETScDMDA
+  use PETScSNES
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use prec
  use parallelization
  use DAMASK_interface
  use IO
+  use HDF5
  use HDF5_utilities
  use math
  use rotations
@ -111,7 +115,11 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_polarisation_init
    F_tau                                                                                           ! specific (sub)pointer
  PetscInt, dimension(0:worldsize-1) :: localK
  integer(HID_T) :: fileHandle, groupHandle
-  integer        :: fileUnit
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  type(MPI_File) :: fileUnit
+#else
+  integer :: fileUnit
+#endif
  class (tNode), pointer :: &
    num_grid, &
    debug_grid
@ -173,7 +181,7 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_polarisation_init
  call SNESSetOptionsPrefix(snes,'mechanical_',ierr);CHKERRQ(ierr)
  localK            = 0
  localK(worldrank) = grid3
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  call DMDACreate3d(PETSC_COMM_WORLD, &
         DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, &                                    ! cut off stencil at boundary
         DMDA_STENCIL_BOX, &                                                                        ! Moore (26) neighborhood around central point
@ -206,16 +214,16 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_polarisation_init
    groupHandle = HDF5_openGroup(fileHandle,'solver')

    call HDF5_read(P_aim,groupHandle,'P_aim',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(P_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(P_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F_aim,groupHandle,'F_aim',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F_aim_lastInc,groupHandle,'F_aim_lastInc',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim_lastInc,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(F_aim_lastInc,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F_aimDot,groupHandle,'F_aimDot',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(F_aimDot,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(F_aimDot,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(F,groupHandle,'F')
    call HDF5_read(F_lastInc,groupHandle,'F_lastInc')
@ -239,16 +247,16 @@ subroutine grid_mechanical_spectral_polarisation_init
  restartRead2: if (interface_restartInc > 0) then
    print'(a,i0,a)', ' reading more restart data of increment ', interface_restartInc, ' from file'
    call HDF5_read(C_volAvg,groupHandle,'C_volAvg',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
    call HDF5_read(C_volAvgLastInc,groupHandle,'C_volAvgLastInc',.false.)
-    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvgLastInc,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Bcast(C_volAvgLastInc,81,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'

    call HDF5_closeGroup(groupHandle)
    call HDF5_closeFile(fileHandle)

-    call MPI_File_open(PETSC_COMM_WORLD, trim(getSolverJobName())//'.C_ref', &
+    call MPI_File_open(MPI_COMM_WORLD, trim(getSolverJobName())//'.C_ref', &
                       MPI_MODE_RDONLY,MPI_INFO_NULL,fileUnit,ierr)
    call MPI_File_read(fileUnit,C_minMaxAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_STATUS_IGNORE,ierr)
    call MPI_File_close(fileUnit,ierr)
@ -543,7 +551,7 @@ subroutine formResidual(in, FandF_tau, &
                                 X_RANGE, Y_RANGE, Z_RANGE)

  F_av = sum(sum(sum(F,dim=5),dim=4),dim=3) * wgt
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,F_av,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,F_av,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)

  call SNESGetNumberFunctionEvals(snes,nfuncs,ierr); CHKERRQ(ierr)
  call SNESGetIterationNumber(snes,PETScIter,ierr);  CHKERRQ(ierr)
@ -587,7 +595,7 @@ subroutine formResidual(in, FandF_tau, &
  call utilities_constitutiveResponse(residual_F, &                                                 ! "residuum" gets field of first PK stress (to save memory)
                                      P_av,C_volAvg,C_minMaxAvg, &
                                      F - residual_F_tau/num%beta,params%timeinc,params%rotation_BC)
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,terminallyIll,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,terminallyIll,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! stress BC handling
--- a/src/grid/grid_thermal_spectral.f90
+++ b/src/grid/grid_thermal_spectral.f90
@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 module grid_thermal_spectral
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsnes.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmda.h>
-  use PETScdmda
-  use PETScsnes
+  use PETScDMDA
+  use PETScSNES
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use prec
  use parallelization
@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ subroutine grid_thermal_spectral_init(T_0)
  call SNESSetOptionsPrefix(thermal_snes,'thermal_',ierr);CHKERRQ(ierr)
  localK            = 0
  localK(worldrank) = grid3
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,localK,worldsize,MPI_INTEGER,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  call DMDACreate3D(PETSC_COMM_WORLD, &
         DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, DM_BOUNDARY_NONE, &                                    ! cut off stencil at boundary
         DMDA_STENCIL_BOX, &                                                                        ! Moore (26) neighborhood around central point
@ -182,10 +185,10 @@ function grid_thermal_spectral_solution(timeinc) result(solution)
  endif
  stagNorm = maxval(abs(T_current - T_stagInc))
  solnNorm = maxval(abs(T_current))
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,stagNorm,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_MAX,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,solnNorm,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_MAX,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
-  T_stagInc = T_current
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,stagNorm,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_MAX,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  solution%stagConverged = stagNorm < max(num%eps_thermal_atol, num%eps_thermal_rtol*solnNorm)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,solution%stagConverged,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LAND,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  T_stagInc = T_current

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! updating thermal state
@ -310,9 +313,9 @@ subroutine updateReference()
  enddo

  K_ref = K_ref*wgt
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,K_ref,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,K_ref,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  mu_ref = mu_ref*wgt
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,mu_ref,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,mu_ref,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)

 end subroutine updateReference

--- a/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90
+++ b/src/grid/spectral_utilities.f90
@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ module spectral_utilities

 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsys.h>
  use PETScSys
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use prec
  use DAMASK_interface
@ -591,7 +594,7 @@ real(pReal) function utilities_divergenceRMS()
                                  conjg(-xi1st(1:3,grid1Red,j,k))*rescaledGeom))**2.0_pReal)
  enddo; enddo
  if(grid(1) == 1) utilities_divergenceRMS = utilities_divergenceRMS * 0.5_pReal                    ! counted twice in case of grid(1) == 1
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,utilities_divergenceRMS,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,utilities_divergenceRMS,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
  utilities_divergenceRMS = sqrt(utilities_divergenceRMS) * wgt                                     ! RMS in real space calculated with Parsevals theorem from Fourier space

@ -651,7 +654,7 @@ real(pReal) function utilities_curlRMS()
                      + sum(real(curl_fourier)**2.0_pReal + aimag(curl_fourier)**2.0_pReal)         ! this layer (Nyquist) does not have a conjugate complex counterpart (if grid(1) /= 1)
  enddo; enddo

-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,utilities_curlRMS,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,utilities_curlRMS,1,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
  utilities_curlRMS = sqrt(utilities_curlRMS) * wgt
  if(grid(1) == 1) utilities_curlRMS = utilities_curlRMS * 0.5_pReal                                ! counted twice in case of grid(1) == 1
@ -816,7 +819,7 @@ subroutine utilities_constitutiveResponse(P,P_av,C_volAvg,C_minmaxAvg,&

  P = reshape(homogenization_P, [3,3,grid(1),grid(2),grid3])
  P_av = sum(sum(sum(P,dim=5),dim=4),dim=3) * wgt                                                   ! average of P
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,P_av,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,P_av,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  if (debugRotation) print'(/,a,/,2(3(2x,f12.4,1x)/),3(2x,f12.4,1x))', &
    ' Piola--Kirchhoff stress (lab) / MPa =', transpose(P_av)*1.e-6_pReal
  if(present(rotation_BC)) P_av = rotation_BC%rotate(P_av)
@ -840,21 +843,21 @@ subroutine utilities_constitutiveResponse(P,P_av,C_volAvg,C_minmaxAvg,&
  end do

  valueAndRank = [dPdF_norm_max,real(worldrank,pReal)]
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,valueAndRank,1, MPI_2DOUBLE_PRECISION, MPI_MAXLOC, PETSC_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,valueAndRank,1, MPI_2DOUBLE_PRECISION, MPI_MAXLOC, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
-  call MPI_Bcast(dPdF_max,81,MPI_DOUBLE,int(valueAndRank(2)),PETSC_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(dPdF_max,81,MPI_DOUBLE,int(valueAndRank(2)),MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'

  valueAndRank = [dPdF_norm_min,real(worldrank,pReal)]
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,valueAndRank,1, MPI_2DOUBLE_PRECISION, MPI_MINLOC, PETSC_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,valueAndRank,1, MPI_2DOUBLE_PRECISION, MPI_MINLOC, MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
-  call MPI_Bcast(dPdF_min,81,MPI_DOUBLE,int(valueAndRank(2)),PETSC_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(dPdF_min,81,MPI_DOUBLE,int(valueAndRank(2)),MPI_COMM_WORLD, ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'

  C_minmaxAvg = 0.5_pReal*(dPdF_max + dPdF_min)

  C_volAvg = sum(homogenization_dPdF,dim=5)
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,C_volAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,C_volAvg,81,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  if (ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
  C_volAvg = C_volAvg * wgt

@ -909,7 +912,7 @@ function utilities_forwardField(timeinc,field_lastInc,rate,aim)
  utilities_forwardField = field_lastInc + rate*timeinc
  if (present(aim)) then                                                                            !< correct to match average
    fieldDiff = sum(sum(sum(utilities_forwardField,dim=5),dim=4),dim=3)*wgt
-    call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,fieldDiff,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+    call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,fieldDiff,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
    fieldDiff = fieldDiff - aim
    utilities_forwardField = utilities_forwardField - &
                     spread(spread(spread(fieldDiff,3,grid(1)),4,grid(2)),5,grid3)
@ -982,8 +985,13 @@ subroutine utilities_updateCoords(F)
    rank_t, rank_b, &
    c, &
    ierr
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  type(MPI_Request), dimension(4) :: request
+  type(MPI_Status),  dimension(4) :: status
+#else
  integer, dimension(4) :: request
  integer, dimension(MPI_STATUS_SIZE,4) :: status
+#endif
  real(pReal),   dimension(3)   :: step
  real(pReal),   dimension(3,3) :: Favg
  integer,       dimension(3) :: me
@ -1018,7 +1026,7 @@ subroutine utilities_updateCoords(F)
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! average F
  if (grid3Offset == 0) Favg = real(tensorField_fourier(1:3,1:3,1,1,1),pReal)*wgt
-  call MPI_Bcast(Favg,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(Favg,9,MPI_DOUBLE,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ -1029,20 +1037,24 @@ subroutine utilities_updateCoords(F)
  rank_b = modulo(worldrank-1,worldsize)

  ! send bottom layer to process below
-  call MPI_Isend(IPfluct_padded(:,:,:,2),      c,MPI_DOUBLE,rank_b,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,request(1),ierr)
+  call MPI_Isend(IPfluct_padded(:,:,:,2),      c,MPI_DOUBLE,rank_b,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,request(1),ierr)
  if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
-  call MPI_Irecv(IPfluct_padded(:,:,:,grid3+2),c,MPI_DOUBLE,rank_t,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,request(2),ierr)
+  call MPI_Irecv(IPfluct_padded(:,:,:,grid3+2),c,MPI_DOUBLE,rank_t,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,request(2),ierr)
  if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'

  ! send top layer to process above
-  call MPI_Isend(IPfluct_padded(:,:,:,grid3+1),c,MPI_DOUBLE,rank_t,1,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,request(3),ierr)
+  call MPI_Isend(IPfluct_padded(:,:,:,grid3+1),c,MPI_DOUBLE,rank_t,1,MPI_COMM_WORLD,request(3),ierr)
  if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
-  call MPI_Irecv(IPfluct_padded(:,:,:,1),      c,MPI_DOUBLE,rank_b,1,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,request(4),ierr)
+  call MPI_Irecv(IPfluct_padded(:,:,:,1),      c,MPI_DOUBLE,rank_b,1,MPI_COMM_WORLD,request(4),ierr)
  if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'

  call MPI_Waitall(4,request,status,ierr)
  if(ierr /=0) error stop 'MPI error'
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  ! ToDo
+#else
  if(any(status(MPI_ERROR,:) /= 0)) error stop 'MPI error'
+#endif

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! calculate nodal displacements
--- a/src/homogenization.f90
+++ b/src/homogenization.f90
@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ module homogenization
  use material
  use phase
  use discretization
+  use HDF5
  use HDF5_utilities
  use results
  use lattice
--- a/src/mesh/FEM_utilities.f90
+++ b/src/mesh/FEM_utilities.f90
@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ module FEM_utilities
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmplex.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmda.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscis.h>
-
-  use PETScdmplex
-  use PETScdmda
-  use PETScis
+  use PETScDMplex
+  use PETScDMDA
+  use PETScIS
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use prec
  use config
@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ subroutine utilities_constitutiveResponse(timeinc,P_av,forwardData)
  cutBack = .false.                                                                                 ! reset cutBack status
  
  P_av = sum(homogenization_P,dim=3) * wgt
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,P_av,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,P_av,9,MPI_DOUBLE,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)

 end subroutine utilities_constitutiveResponse

--- a/src/mesh/discretization_mesh.f90
+++ b/src/mesh/discretization_mesh.f90
@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ module discretization_mesh
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmplex.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscis.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmda.h>
-  use PETScdmplex
-  use PETScdmda
-  use PETScis
+  use PETScDMplex
+  use PETScDMDA
+  use PETScIS
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use DAMASK_interface
  use parallelization
@ -111,9 +114,9 @@ subroutine discretization_mesh_init(restart)
  ! get number of IDs in face sets (for boundary conditions?)
  call DMGetLabelSize(globalMesh,'Face Sets',mesh_Nboundaries,ierr)
  CHKERRQ(ierr)
-  call MPI_Bcast(mesh_Nboundaries,1,MPI_INTEGER,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
-  call MPI_Bcast(mesh_NcpElemsGlobal,1,MPI_INTEGER,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
-  call MPI_Bcast(dimPlex,1,MPI_INTEGER,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(mesh_Nboundaries,1,MPI_INTEGER,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(mesh_NcpElemsGlobal,1,MPI_INTEGER,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(dimPlex,1,MPI_INTEGER,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)

  if (worldrank == 0) then
    call DMClone(globalMesh,geomMesh,ierr)
@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ subroutine discretization_mesh_init(restart)
    CHKERRQ(ierr)
    call ISRestoreIndicesF90(faceSetIS,pFaceSets,ierr)
  endif
-  call MPI_Bcast(mesh_boundaries,mesh_Nboundaries,MPI_INTEGER,0,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Bcast(mesh_boundaries,mesh_Nboundaries,MPI_INTEGER,0,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)

  call DMDestroy(globalMesh,ierr); CHKERRQ(ierr)

--- a/src/mesh/mesh_mech_FEM.f90
+++ b/src/mesh/mesh_mech_FEM.f90
@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ module mesh_mechanical_FEM
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdmplex.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscdm.h>
 #include <petsc/finclude/petsc.h>
-
-  use PETScsnes
+  use PETScSNES
  use PETScDM
  use PETScDMplex
  use PETScDT
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif

  use prec
  use FEM_utilities
@ -396,7 +398,7 @@ subroutine FEM_mechanical_formResidual(dm_local,xx_local,f_local,dummy,ierr)
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! evaluate constitutive response
  call Utilities_constitutiveResponse(params%timeinc,P_av,ForwardData)
-  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,terminallyIll,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,terminallyIll,1,MPI_LOGICAL,MPI_LOR,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)
  ForwardData = .false.

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- a/src/parallelization.f90
+++ b/src/parallelization.f90
@ -6,11 +6,15 @@ module parallelization
  use, intrinsic :: ISO_fortran_env, only: &
    OUTPUT_UNIT

-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsys.h>
-   use petscsys
+  use PETScSys
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif
 !$ use OMP_LIB
 #endif
+
  use prec

  implicit none
@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ module parallelization
    worldrank = 0, &                                                                                !< MPI worldrank (/=0 for MPI simulations only)
    worldsize = 1                                                                                   !< MPI worldsize (/=1 for MPI simulations only)

-#ifdef PETSc
+#ifdef PETSC
  public :: &
    parallelization_init

@ -60,12 +64,12 @@ subroutine parallelization_init
 #endif
  CHKERRQ(petsc_err)

-  call MPI_Comm_rank(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,worldrank,err)
+  call MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD,worldrank,err)
  if (err /= 0)                              error stop 'Could not determine worldrank'

  if (worldrank == 0) print'(/,a)',  ' <<<+-  parallelization init  -+>>>'

-  call MPI_Comm_size(PETSC_COMM_WORLD,worldsize,err)
+  call MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD,worldsize,err)
  if (err /= 0)                              error stop 'Could not determine worldsize'
  if (worldrank == 0) print'(a,i3)', ' MPI processes: ',worldsize

--- a/src/phase.f90
+++ b/src/phase.f90
@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ module phase
  use lattice
  use discretization
  use parallelization
+  use HDF5
  use HDF5_utilities

  implicit none
--- a/src/phase_damage.f90
+++ b/src/phase_damage.f90
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ contains
 module subroutine damage_init

  integer :: &
-    ph, &                                                                                           !< counter in phase loop
+    ph, &
    Nmembers
  class(tNode), pointer :: &
   phases, &
@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ module subroutine damage_init
    if (sources%length == 1) then
      damage_active = .true.
      source => sources%get(1)
-      param(ph)%mu     = source%get_asFloat('M',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)
-      param(ph)%K(1,1) = source%get_asFloat('D_11',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)
-      param(ph)%K(3,3) = source%get_asFloat('D_33',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)
-      param(ph)%K = lattice_applyLatticeSymmetry33(param(ph)%K,phase%get_asString('lattice'))
+      param(ph)%mu     = source%get_asFloat('mu',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)                              ! ToDo: make mandatory?
+      param(ph)%K(1,1) = source%get_asFloat('K_11',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)                            ! ToDo: make mandatory?
+      param(ph)%K(3,3) = source%get_asFloat('K_33',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)                            ! ToDo: depends on symmetry
+      param(ph)%K = lattice_applyLatticeSymmetry33(param(ph)%K,phase_lattice(ph))
    endif

  enddo
--- a/src/phase_mechanical.f90
+++ b/src/phase_mechanical.f90
@ -267,15 +267,11 @@ module subroutine mechanical_init(materials,phases)
  enddo


-! initialize elasticity
  call elastic_init(phases)

-! initialize plasticity
  allocate(plasticState(phases%length))
  allocate(phase_plasticity(phases%length),source = PLASTICITY_undefined_ID)
-
  call plastic_init()
-
  do ph = 1,phases%length
    plasticState(ph)%state0 = plasticState(ph)%state
  enddo
--- a/src/phase_mechanical_plastic.f90
+++ b/src/phase_mechanical_plastic.f90
@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ module subroutine plastic_init
  where(plastic_dislotungsten_init())     phase_plasticity = PLASTICITY_DISLOTUNGSTEN_ID
  where(plastic_nonlocal_init())          phase_plasticity = PLASTICITY_NONLOCAL_ID

+  if (any(phase_plasticity == PLASTICITY_undefined_ID)) call IO_error(201)
+
 end subroutine plastic_init

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- a/src/phase_mechanical_plastic_dislotwin.f90
+++ b/src/phase_mechanical_plastic_dislotwin.f90
@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ submodule(phase:plastic) dislotwin
      xi_sb               = 1.0_pReal, &                                                            !< value for shearband resistance
      v_sb                = 1.0_pReal, &                                                            !< value for shearband velocity_0
      E_sb                = 1.0_pReal, &                                                            !< activation energy for shear bands
-      Gamma_sf_0K         = 1.0_pReal, &                                                            !< stacking fault energy at zero K
-      dGamma_sf_dT        = 1.0_pReal, &                                                            !< temperature dependence of stacking fault energy
      delta_G             = 1.0_pReal, &                                                            !< Free energy difference between austensite and martensite
      i_tr                = 1.0_pReal, &                                                            !< adjustment parameter to calculate MFP for transformation
-      h                   = 1.0_pReal                                                               !< Stack height of hex nucleus
+      h                   = 1.0_pReal, &                                                            !< Stack height of hex nucleus
+      T_ref               = 0.0_pReal
+    real(pReal),                            dimension(2) :: &
+      Gamma_sf = 0.0_pReal
    real(pReal),               allocatable, dimension(:) :: &
      b_sl, &                                                                                       !< absolute length of Burgers vector [m] for each slip system
      b_tw, &                                                                                       !< absolute length of Burgers vector [m] for each twin system
@ -220,13 +221,9 @@ module function plastic_dislotwin_init() result(myPlasticity)
      prm%D_a                  = pl%get_asFloat('D_a')
      prm%D_0                  = pl%get_asFloat('D_0')
      prm%Q_cl                 = pl%get_asFloat('Q_cl')
-      prm%ExtendedDislocations = pl%get_asBool('extend_dislocations',defaultVal = .false.)
-      if (prm%ExtendedDislocations) then
-        prm%Gamma_sf_0K        = pl%get_asFloat('Gamma_sf_0K')
-        prm%dGamma_sf_dT       = pl%get_asFloat('dGamma_sf_dT')
-      endif

-      prm%omitDipoles = pl%get_asBool('omit_dipoles',defaultVal = .false.)
+      prm%ExtendedDislocations = pl%get_asBool('extend_dislocations',defaultVal = .false.)
+      prm%omitDipoles          = pl%get_asBool('omit_dipoles',defaultVal = .false.)

      ! multiplication factor according to crystal structure (nearest neighbors bcc vs fcc/hex)
      ! details: Argon & Moffat, Acta Metallurgica, Vol. 29, pg 293 to 299, 1981
@ -384,11 +381,14 @@ module function plastic_dislotwin_init() result(myPlasticity)
    if(prm%sum_N_sl + prm%sum_N_tw + prm%sum_N_tw > 0) &
      prm%D = pl%get_asFloat('D')

-    twinOrSlipActive: if (prm%sum_N_tw + prm%sum_N_tr > 0) then
-      prm%Gamma_sf_0K  = pl%get_asFloat('Gamma_sf_0K')
-      prm%dGamma_sf_dT = pl%get_asFloat('dGamma_sf_dT')
-      prm%V_cs    = pl%get_asFloat('V_cs')
-    endif twinOrSlipActive
+    if (prm%sum_N_tw + prm%sum_N_tr > 0) &
+      prm%V_cs = pl%get_asFloat('V_cs')
+
+    if (prm%sum_N_tw + prm%sum_N_tr > 0 .or. prm%ExtendedDislocations) then
+      prm%T_ref       = pl%get_asFloat('T_ref')
+      prm%Gamma_sf(1) = pl%get_asFloat('Gamma_sf')
+      prm%Gamma_sf(2) = pl%get_asFloat('Gamma_sf,T',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)
+    endif

    slipAndTwinActive: if (prm%sum_N_sl * prm%sum_N_tw > 0) then
      prm%h_sl_tw = lattice_interaction_SlipByTwin(N_sl,N_tw,&
@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ module subroutine dislotwin_dotState(Mp,T,ph,en)
        ! Argon & Moffat, Acta Metallurgica, Vol. 29, pg 293 to 299, 1981
        sigma_cl = dot_product(prm%n0_sl(1:3,i),matmul(Mp,prm%n0_sl(1:3,i)))
        b_d = merge(24.0_pReal*PI*(1.0_pReal - prm%nu)/(2.0_pReal + prm%nu) &
-                      * (prm%Gamma_sf_0K + prm%dGamma_sf_dT * T) / (prm%mu*prm%b_sl(i)), &
+                      * (prm%Gamma_sf(1) + prm%Gamma_sf(2) * T) / (prm%mu*prm%b_sl(i)), &
                    1.0_pReal, &
                    prm%ExtendedDislocations)
        v_cl = 2.0_pReal*prm%omega*b_d**2.0_pReal*exp(-prm%Q_cl/(kB*T)) &
@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ module subroutine dislotwin_dependentState(T,ph,en)
  sumf_tw  = sum(stt%f_tw(1:prm%sum_N_tw,en))
  sumf_tr = sum(stt%f_tr(1:prm%sum_N_tr,en))

-  Gamma = prm%Gamma_sf_0K + prm%dGamma_sf_dT * T
+  Gamma = prm%Gamma_sf(1) + prm%Gamma_sf(2) * T

  !* rescaled volume fraction for topology
  f_over_t_tw = stt%f_tw(1:prm%sum_N_tw,en)/prm%t_tw                                                ! this is per system ...
--- a/src/phase_mechanical_plastic_isotropic.f90
+++ b/src/phase_mechanical_plastic_isotropic.f90
@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ submodule(phase:plastic) isotropic

  type :: tIsotropicState
    real(pReal), pointer, dimension(:) :: &
-      xi, &
-      gamma
+      xi
  end type tIsotropicState

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ module function plastic_isotropic_init() result(myPlasticity)
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! allocate state arrays
    Nmembers = count(material_phaseID == ph)
-    sizeDotState = size(['xi   ','gamma'])
+    sizeDotState = size(['xi'])
    sizeState = sizeDotState

    call phase_allocateState(plasticState(ph),Nmembers,sizeState,sizeDotState,0)
@ -135,11 +134,6 @@ module function plastic_isotropic_init() result(myPlasticity)
    plasticState(ph)%atol(1) = pl%get_asFloat('atol_xi',defaultVal=1.0_pReal)
    if (plasticState(ph)%atol(1) < 0.0_pReal) extmsg = trim(extmsg)//' atol_xi'

-    stt%gamma  => plasticState(ph)%state   (2,:)
-    dot%gamma  => plasticState(ph)%dotState(2,:)
-    plasticState(ph)%atol(2) = pl%get_asFloat('atol_gamma',defaultVal=1.0e-6_pReal)
-    if (plasticState(ph)%atol(2) < 0.0_pReal) extmsg = trim(extmsg)//' atol_gamma'
-
    end associate

 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ -285,8 +279,6 @@ module subroutine isotropic_dotState(Mp,ph,en)
    dot%xi(en) = 0.0_pReal
  endif

-  dot%gamma(en) = dot_gamma                                                                         ! ToDo: not really used
-
  end associate

 end subroutine isotropic_dotState
--- a/src/phase_thermal.f90
+++ b/src/phase_thermal.f90
@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ module subroutine thermal_init(phases)
    allocate(current(ph)%dot_T(Nmembers),source=0.0_pReal)
    phase => phases%get(ph)
    thermal => phase%get('thermal',defaultVal=emptyDict)
-    param(ph)%C_p = thermal%get_asFloat('C_p',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)
+    param(ph)%C_p = thermal%get_asFloat('C_p',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)                                 ! ToDo: make mandatory?
    param(ph)%K(1,1) = thermal%get_asFloat('K_11',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)                             ! ToDo: make mandatory?
    param(ph)%K(3,3) = thermal%get_asFloat('K_33',defaultVal=0.0_pReal)                             ! ToDo: depends on symmtery
-    param(ph)%K = lattice_applyLatticeSymmetry33(param(ph)%K,phase%get_asString('lattice'))
+    param(ph)%K = lattice_applyLatticeSymmetry33(param(ph)%K,phase_lattice(ph))

    sources => thermal%get('source',defaultVal=emptyList)
    thermal_Nsources(ph) = sources%length
--- a/src/quit.f90
+++ b/src/quit.f90
@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 subroutine quit(stop_id)
 #include <petsc/finclude/petscsys.h>
  use PetscSys
-#ifdef _OPENMP
-   use MPI
-#endif
  use HDF5

  implicit none
--- a/src/results.f90
+++ b/src/results.f90
@ -5,12 +5,18 @@
 !> @author Martin Diehl, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module results
+  use prec
  use DAMASK_interface
  use parallelization
  use IO
  use HDF5_utilities
-#ifdef PETSc
-  use PETSC
+  use HDF5
+#ifdef PETSC
+#include <petsc/finclude/petscsys.h>
+  use PETScSys
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MAJOR==3 && PETSC_VERSION_MINOR>14) && !defined(PETSC_HAVE_MPI_F90MODULE_VISIBILITY)
+  use MPI_f08
+#endif
 #endif

  implicit none
@ -451,7 +457,7 @@ subroutine results_mapping_phase(ID,entry,label)
  call h5pcreate_f(H5P_DATASET_XFER_F, plist_id, hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'

-#ifndef PETSc
+#ifndef PETSC
  entryGlobal = entry -1                                                                            ! 0-based
 #else
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ -459,7 +465,7 @@ subroutine results_mapping_phase(ID,entry,label)
  call h5pset_dxpl_mpio_f(plist_id, H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE_F, hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'

-  call MPI_allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,writeSize,worldsize,MPI_INT,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)        ! get output at each process
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,writeSize,worldsize,MPI_INT,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)          ! get output at each process
  if(ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'

  entryOffset = 0
@ -468,7 +474,7 @@ subroutine results_mapping_phase(ID,entry,label)
      entryOffset(ID(co,ce),worldrank) = entryOffset(ID(co,ce),worldrank) +1
    enddo
  enddo
-  call MPI_allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,entryOffset,size(entryOffset),MPI_INT,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)! get offset at each process
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,entryOffset,size(entryOffset),MPI_INT,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)! get offset at each process
  if(ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
  entryOffset(:,worldrank) = sum(entryOffset(:,0:worldrank-1),2)
  do co = 1, size(ID,1)
@ -604,7 +610,7 @@ subroutine results_mapping_homogenization(ID,entry,label)
  call h5pcreate_f(H5P_DATASET_XFER_F, plist_id, hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'

-#ifndef PETSc
+#ifndef PETSC
  entryGlobal = entry -1                                                                            ! 0-based
 #else
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ -612,14 +618,14 @@ subroutine results_mapping_homogenization(ID,entry,label)
  call h5pset_dxpl_mpio_f(plist_id, H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE_F, hdferr)
  if(hdferr < 0) error stop 'HDF5 error'

-  call MPI_allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,writeSize,worldsize,MPI_INT,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr)        ! get output at each process
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,writeSize,worldsize,MPI_INT,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)          ! get output at each process
  if(ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'

  entryOffset = 0
  do ce = 1, size(ID,1)
    entryOffset(ID(ce),worldrank) = entryOffset(ID(ce),worldrank) +1
  enddo
-  call MPI_allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,entryOffset,size(entryOffset),MPI_INT,MPI_SUM,PETSC_COMM_WORLD,ierr) ! get offset at each process
+  call MPI_Allreduce(MPI_IN_PLACE,entryOffset,size(entryOffset),MPI_INT,MPI_SUM,MPI_COMM_WORLD,ierr)! get offset at each process
  if(ierr /= 0) error stop 'MPI error'
  entryOffset(:,worldrank) = sum(entryOffset(:,0:worldrank-1),2)
  do ce = 1, size(ID,1)