Ichnos: A universal parallel particle tracking tool for groundwater flow simulations

IF 2.4 4区计算机科学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

SoftwareX Pub Date : 2024-09-17 DOI:10.1016/j.softx.2024.101893

Georgios Kourakos, Thomas Harter, Helen E. Dahlke

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Abstract

Particle tracking is a common post processing method in groundwater hydrology. In this paper we describe Ichnos, a particle tracking code able to work with flow simulations obtained from either finite difference, finite element, adaptive mesh, or mesh free methods. Ichnos can trace virtual particles (streamlines) in flow fields of any fluid dynamics context, but its application is here focused on groundwater-based flow fields. The code is written in C++ and the structure of the code allows for it to be easily extended. In this study we describe the main features of the code and present several illustrations.

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Ichnos：用于地下水流模拟的通用并行粒子跟踪工具

粒子跟踪是地下水水文学中一种常见的后处理方法。本文介绍的 Ichnos 是一种粒子跟踪代码，可用于有限差分、有限元、自适应网格或无网格方法获得的流场模拟。Ichnos 可以在任何流体动力学背景下的流场中跟踪虚拟粒子（流线），但其应用主要集中在基于地下水的流场。代码采用 C++ 编写，代码结构易于扩展。在本研究中，我们将介绍该代码的主要特点，并给出若干示例。

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SoftwareX COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

2.90%

发文量

184

审稿时长

9 weeks

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