A Survey on Work Related to Boundary Layer Generation

Here is a list of related work and resources on boundary layer generation in CFD that I have collected and complied. I will update this list on a regular basis.

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📃 Papers

2025

• Hongfei Ye, Taoran Liu, Haonan Ni, Jianjun Chen. "Robust full-layer prismatic mesh generation based on bijective mapping". (Journal of Computational Physics, 2025) [Paper]

2020 - 2024

• Tiantian Liu, Juelin Leng, Kailong Xu, Quan Xu, Yang Yang, Peng Zheng. "An automatic hybrid mesh generation method for combustion fluid dynamics simulations". (Engineering Computations, 2024) [Paper]
• Bohan Wang, Hongfei Ye, Jianjun Chen, Yao Zheng. "A novel approach for large-scale hybrid mesh generation on distributed systems". (Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 2024) [Paper]
• Sandeep Menon, Thomas Gessner. "A Method for Adaptive Anisotropic Refinement and Coarsening of Prismatic Polyhedra". (SIAM International Meshing Roundtable, 2024) [Paper]
• Maxence Reberol, Kilian Verhetsel, François Henrotte, David Bommes, Jean-François Remacle. "Robust Topological Construction of All-hexahedral Boundary Layer Meshes". (ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, 2023) [Paper]
• Marcel Sauer, Christian Morsbach. "An optimization based multi-block-structured grid generation method". (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2023) [Paper]
• Hongfei Ye, Jianjun Chen, Yufei Pang, Yang Liu, Yao Zheng. "Fast advancing layer method for viscous mesh generation". (Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2023) [Paper]
• Hongfei Ye, Jianjun Chen, Taoran Liu, Zhoufang Xiao, Jianjing Zheng, Yao Zheng. "Multiple normals configuration on an arbitrary manifold for viscous mesh generation". (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2022) [Paper]
• Vladimir A. Garanzha, Lyudmila N. Kudryavtseva, Aleksei I. Belokrys-Fedotov. "Single and multiple springback technique for construction and control of thick prismatic mesh layers". (Russian Journal of Numerical Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, 2021) [Paper]
• Yiming Zhu, Shengfa Wang, Xiaopeng Zheng, Na Lei, Zhongxuan Luo, Bo Chen. "Prismatic mesh generation based on anisotropic volume harmonic field". (Advances in Aerodynamics, 2021) [Paper]
• Hongfei Ye, Yang Liu, Bo Chen, Zhiwei Liu, Jianjing Zheng, Yufei Pang, Jianjun Chen. "Hybrid grid generation for viscous flow simulations in complex geometries". (Advances in Aerodynamics, 2020) [Paper]

2015 - 2019

• Zhi Wang, Jaime Quintanal, Roque Corral. "Accelerating advancing layer viscous mesh generation for 3D complex configurations". (Computer-Aided Design, 2019) [Paper]
• Yao Zheng, Zhoufang Xiao, Jianjun Chen, Jifa Zhang. "Novel Methodology for Viscous-Layer Meshing by the Boundary Element Method". (AIAA Journal, 2018) [Paper]
• Julian Marcon, Michael Turner, J. Peiro, David Moxey, Claire Pollard, Henry Bucklow, Mark Gammon. "High-order curvilinear hybrid mesh generation for CFD simulations". (AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2018) [Paper]
• Vangelis Skaperdas, Neil Ashton. "Development of high-quality hybrid unstructured meshes for the GMGW-1 workshop using ANSA". (AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2018) [Paper]
• V.A. Garanzha, L.N. Kudryavtseva. "Hyperelastic springback technique for construction of prismatic mesh layers". (Procedia Engineering, 2017) [Paper]
• B. Kaan Karamete, Romain Aubry, Eric L. Mestreau, Saikat Dey. "Yet another hexahedral dominant meshing algorithm: HexDom". (Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 2017) [Paper]
• Laure Billon, Youssef Mesri, Elie Hachem. "Anisotropic boundary layer mesh generation for immersed complex geometries". (Engineering with Computers, 2017) [Paper]
• David L. Marcum, Frederic Alauzet, Adrien Loseille. "On a robust boundary layer mesh generation process". (AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, 2017) [Paper]
• Loïc Maréchal. "All Hexahedral Boundary Layers Generation". (Procedia Engineering, 2016) [Paper]
• Feng Wang, Luca di Mare. "Hybrid meshing using constrained Delaunay triangulation for viscous flow simulations". (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2016) [Paper]
• Frédéric Alauzet, David Marcum. "A closed advancing-layer method with connectivity optimization-based mesh movement for viscous mesh generation". (Engineering with Computers, 2015) [Paper]
• D. Moxey, M.D. Green, S.J. Sherwin, J. Peiró. "An isoparametric approach to high-order curvilinear boundary-layer meshing". (Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2015) [Paper]
• John P. Steinbrenner. "Construction of Prism and Hex Layers from Anisotropic Tetrahedra". (AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, 2015) [Paper]
• Priyanka Dhopade, Luigi Capone, Matthew McGilvray, David Gillespie, Peter Ireland. "Numerical Modelling Techniques for Turbine Blade Internal Cooling Passages". (2015) [Paper]

2010 - 2014

• Maximilian Tomac, David Eller. "Towards Automated Hybrid-prismatic Mesh Generation". (Procedia Engineering, 2014) [Paper]
• Rajeev Jain, Timothy J. Tautges. "PostBL: Post-mesh Boundary Layer Mesh Generation Tool". (Proceedings of the 22nd International Meshing Roundtable, 2014) [Paper]
• Seyoun Park, Byungduk Jeong, Jin Gyu Lee, Hayong Shin. "Hybrid grid generation for viscous flow analysis". (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 2013) [Paper]
• Zhang Laiping, Zhao Zhong, Chang Xinghua, He Xin. "A 3D hybrid grid generation technique and a multigrid/parallel algorithm based on anisotropic agglomeration approach". (Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2013) [Paper]
• Yasushi Ito. "Challenges in unstructured mesh generation for practical and efficient computational fluid dynamics simulations". (Computers & Fluids, 2013) [Paper]
• Yasushi Ito, Mitsuhiro Murayama, Kazuomi Yamamoto, Alan M. Shih, Bharat K. Soni. "Efficient Hybrid Surface/Volume Mesh Generation Using Suppressed Marching-Direction Method". (AIAA Journal, 2013) [Paper]
• Adrien Loseille, Rainald Lohner. "Robust Boundary Layer Mesh Generation". (Proceedings of the 21st International Meshing Roundtable, 2013) [Paper]
• Simone Crippa. "Improvement of Unstructured Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations Through Novel Mesh Generation Methodologies". (Journal of Aircraft, 2011) [Paper]
• Yasushi Ito, Alan M. Shih, Bharat K. Soni. "Hybrid mesh generation with embedded surfaces using a multiple marching direction approach". (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 2011) [Paper]
• Yasushi Ito, Mitsuhiro Murayama, Kazuomi Yamamoto, Alan Shih and Bharat Soni. "Efficient Hybrid Surface and Volume Mesh Generation for Viscous Flow Simulations". (AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Best Paper, 2011) [Paper]
• Adrien Loseille, Rainald Löhner. "Boundary Layer Mesh Generation and Adaptivity". (AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2011) [Paper]
• H. Xia and P.G. Tucker, W.N. Dawes. "Level sets for CFD in aerospace engineering". (Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2010) [Paper]
• Hong Luo, Seth Spiegel, Rainald Löhner. "Hybrid Grid Generation Method for Complex Geometries". (AIAA Journal, 2010) [Paper]
• Shahyar Z. Pirzadeh. "Advanced Unstructured Grid Generation for Complex Aerodynamic Applications". (AIAA Journal, 2010) [Paper]

2005 - 2009

• Volodymyr Dyedov, Daniel R. Einstein, Xiangmin Jiao, Andrew P. Kuprat, James P. Carson, Facundo del Pin. "Variational generation of prismatic boundary-layer meshes for biomedical computing". (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2009) [Paper]
• W. Dawes, S. Harvey, W. Kellar. "Using Level Sets as the Basis for a Scalable, Parallel Geometry Engine and Mesh Generation System". (AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2009) [Paper]
• Yuanli Wang. "Eikonal Equation Based Front Propagation Technique and its Applications". (AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition, 2009) [Paper]
• Soji Yamakawa, Kenji Shimada. "Converting a tetrahedral mesh to a prism-tetrahedral hybrid mesh for FEM accuracy and efficiency". (ACM symposium on Solid and physical modeling, 2008) [Paper]
• Y. Wang, F. Guibault, R. Camarero. "Eikonal equation-based front propagation for arbitrary complex configurations". (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2008) [Paper]
• Karl Merkley, Corey Ernst, Jason F. Shepherd, Michael J. Borden. "Methods and Applications of Generalized Sheet Insertion for Hexahedral Meshing". (Proceedings of the 16th International Meshing Roundtable, 2008) [Paper]
• Steve L. Karman Jr. "Unstructured Viscous Layer Insertion Using Linear-Elastic Smoothing". (AIAA Journal, 2007) [Paper]
• Yasushi Ito, Alan M. Shih, Bharat K. Soni, Kazuhiro Nakahashi. "Multiple Marching Direction Approach to Generate High Quality Hybrid Meshes". (AIAA Journal, 2007) [Paper]
• Jason F. Shepherd. "Topologic and geometric constraint-based hexahedral mesh generation". (2007) [PDF]
• Yasushi Ito, Alan Shih, Bharat Soni, Kazuhiro Nakahashi. "An Approach to Generate High Quality Unstructured Hybrid Meshes". (AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2006) [Paper]

2000 - 2004

• Harris, Nathan J, Benzley, Steven E, Owen, Steven J. "Conformal refinement of all-hexahedral element meshes based on multiple twist plane insertion". (IMR, 2004) [PDF]
• Kazuhiro Nakahashi. "Building-Cube Method for Flow Problems with Broadband Characteristic Length". (Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2003) [Paper]
• Yasushi Ito, Kazuhiro Nakahashi. "Unstructured Mesh Generation for Viscous Flow Computations". (IMR, 2002) [PDF]
• C.L. Bottasso, D. Detomi. "A Procedure for Tetrahedral Boundary Layer Mesh Generation". (Engineering with Computers, 2002) [Paper]
• Rao V. Garimella, Mark S. Shephard. "Boundary layer mesh generation for viscous flow simulations". (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2000) [Paper]

before 2000

• David Marcum, J. Gaither. "Mixed element type unstructured grid generation for viscous flow applications". (Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, 1999) [Paper]
• RV Garimella, MS Shephard. "Boundary Layer Meshing for Viscous Flows in Complex Domains". (IMR, 1998) [PDF]
• M. J. Aftosmis, M. J. Berger, J. E. Melton. "Robust and Efficient Cartesian Mesh Generation for Component-Based Geometry". (AIAA Journal, 1998) [Paper]
• Dmitri Sharov, Kazuhiro Nakahashi. "Hybrid Prismatic/Tetrahedral Grid Generation for Viscous Flow Applications". (AIAA Journal, 1998) [Paper]
• O Hassan, K Morgan, EJ Probert, J Peraire. "Unstructured tetrahedral mesh generation for three‐dimensional viscous flows". (International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 1996) [Paper]
• Shahyar Pirzadeh. "Three-dimensional unstructured viscous grids by the advancing-layers method". (AIAA Journal, 1996) [Paper]
• Shahyar Pirzadeh. "Unstructured viscous grid generation by the advancing-layers method". (AIAA Journal, 1994) [Paper]
• Rainald Loehner. "Matching semi-structured and unstructured grids for Navier-Stokes calculations". (Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, 1993) [Paper]
• Y. Kallinderis, S. Ward. "Prismatic grid generation for three-dimensional complex geometries". (AIAA Journal, 1993) [Paper]
• Timothy J. Baker. "Automatic mesh generation for complex three-dimensional regions using a constrained Delaunay triangulation". (Engineering with Computers, 1989) [Paper]

🏄 Some Resources

• High Lift Prediction Workshop (HLPW or HiLiftPW)
  • 1st AIAA CFD High Lift Prediction Workshop (HiLiftPW-1) - June 26-27, 2010, Chicago, IL
  • 2nd AIAA CFD High Lift Prediction Workshop (HiLiftPW-2) - June 22-23, 2013, San Diego, CA
  • 3rd AIAA CFD High Lift Prediction Workshop (HiLiftPW-3) - June 3-4, 2017, Denver, Colorado, USA
  • 4th AIAA CFD High Lift Prediction Workshop (HLPW-4) - January 7, 2022, San Diego, CA
  • 5th AIAA CFD High Lift Prediction Workshop (HLPW-5) - August 2-3, 2024, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

💾 Softwares