Research Article

Visualization Method for Porous Groundwater Seepage Flow Field Based on Particle Flow: Case of Yancheng City in the East Coast of China

Table 1

Attribute assignment table for particle flow visualization.

Attribute typeAttribute assignment

Initial attributeNumber of initial particles240
Seed point positionAt the location of the grid node
Initial color and transparencyWhite, 1
Particle size and shape1.2 cm, point particle
Initial velocityCalculating the flow velocity at the node by Darcy’s law
Life cycleNumber of
Particle
Particles are not out of range
Dynamic attributeGeneration of particlesCodetermination of initial properties of particle flow
Motion of a particleAccording to the initial position, velocity, and Darcy’s law
Extinction of particlesSurvival conditions that do not meet the life cycle