OpenMDAO/OpenMDAO-Framework — pull request #1569 by Kenneth-T-Moore (2014-01-15 21:35:03+00:00)
Title: Reworked the solvers

1. All solvers now support cyclic workflows
2. MDA_Solver has been removed
3. Added a new solver called NewtonSolver, which uses scipy.optimize.fsolve
4. Cyclic workflow can now contain subdrivers
5. Cyclic workflow's API changed for better support dual use (cyclic graph & parameter/constraint connections)

Prototype coupled aero-structural testcase now works. This case has two implicit components connected in a cyclic graph. In one case, a single NewtonSolver converges the loop and the implicit components. In another case, the loop is converged with a NewtonSolver, and each implicit component solves itself. Both cases solve correctly.