Implement and test new thermal physics model

[rwalkerlewis]

Implement a new thermal physics model to support heat conduction, thermoelasticity, porothermoelasticity, and fluid-thermal coupled simulations.

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Introduce heat conduction and thermoelasticity physics (kernels, materials, Python bindings), new solution field types, and comprehensive full‑scale and MMS tests.

• Finite Element Kernels:
  • Add HeatEquation (time term, source, Jacobian) and IsotropicHeat (heat flux f1/g1, Jf3, heatFlux projection).
  • Add Thermoelasticity (coupled inertia and thermoelastic heating, Jacobians) and IsotropicLinearThermoelasticity (stress f1 in 2D/3D, Jf3uu/Jf2uT/Jf3TT, cauchyStress, heatFlux).
• Materials & Factories:
  • New materials Heat/IsotropicHeat and Thermoelasticity/IsotropicLinearThermoelasticity with integrator setup, solver defaults, and derived/auxiliary factories (AuxiliaryFactoryHeat, DerivedFactoryHeat, AuxiliaryFactoryThermoelasticity).
  • Auxiliary subfields include density, specific_heat, thermal_conductivity, reference_temperature, thermal_expansion_coefficient, shear_modulus, bulk_modulus; derived heat_flux output.
• Python API (SWIG) & Problem Setup:
  • Bindings for new materials; Python containers for auxiliary/derived subfields.
  • New solution field configurations: SolnTemp, SolnPresTemp, SolnDispTemp, SolnDispVelTemp, SolnDispPresTemp.
• Tests:
  • Add full‑scale 2D heat and thermoelasticity examples (meshes, configs, drivers, analytical solutions).
  • Add MMS suites for heat and thermoelasticity with multiple element orders; update build files to include new tests and headers.

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[rwalkerlewis]

@cursor fix the ci tests

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I've fixed the CI test failure. The issue was that the SWIG wrapper compilation was failing because:

1. Missing override keywords: The derived rheology classes (IsotropicHeat and IsotropicLinearThermoelasticity) were not properly marked with override keywords for methods that override pure virtual base class methods.

2. Incomplete SWIG interface files: The .i files didn't include all the virtual method declarations that need to be exposed to Python.

Changes made:

1. libsrc/pylith/materials/IsotropicHeat.hh: Added override keyword to all methods that override RheologyHeat pure virtual methods:

   • getAuxiliaryFactory()
   • addAuxiliarySubfields()
   • getKernelf1T_implicit()
   • getKernelg1T_explicit()
   • getKernelJf3TT()
   • getKernelHeatFluxVector()

2. libsrc/pylith/materials/IsotropicLinearThermoelasticity.hh: Added override keyword to all methods that override RheologyThermoelasticity pure virtual methods.

3. modulesrc/materials/IsotropicHeat.i: Added all the overridden method declarations to the SWIG interface.

4. modulesrc/materials/IsotropicLinearThermoelasticity.i: Added all the overridden method declarations to the SWIG interface.

The commit has been pushed and CI will re-run automatically.

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@cursor fix ci docker build error

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I've fixed the CI docker build error. The issues were:

1. Abstract class instantiation: SWIG was generating constructors for abstract base classes (RheologyHeat and RheologyThermoelasticity), causing compilation errors like:

   error: invalid new-expression of abstract class type 'pylith::materials::RheologyHeat'
   

2. Function pointer return types: Methods returning PetscPointFn* and PetscPointJacFn* cannot be wrapped by SWIG (they fail with static_cast errors), so they should not be exposed to Python.

Changes made:

1. modulesrc/materials/RheologyHeat.i:

   • Removed the constructor (abstract classes shouldn't be instantiated)
   • Added pure virtual method declarations to properly document the interface
   • Removed methods returning function pointers

2. modulesrc/materials/IsotropicHeat.i:

   • Removed all kernel getter methods that return function pointers
   • Kept only the methods that can be properly wrapped (constructor, destructor, factory methods)

3. modulesrc/materials/RheologyThermoelasticity.i:

   • Removed the constructor
   • Added pure virtual method declarations
   • Removed methods returning function pointers

4. modulesrc/materials/IsotropicLinearThermoelasticity.i:

   • Removed all kernel getter methods that return function pointers
   • Kept constructor, destructor, useReferenceState(), and factory methods

The kernel methods are internal implementation details used only by the C++ integrator and don't need to be exposed to Python. The commit has been pushed and CI will re-run automatically.

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