# Agglomeration of Block-Structured Meshes

A simple strategy to create a fully curved mesh is to use block-structured meshes (must be given in structured CGNS format) and agglomerate linear elements to high order elements. 

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Example of an agglomerated curved mesh of the periodic hill testcase
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