# Learning Mesh-Based Simulation with Graph Networks

*Source* · `src-pfaff-2021-meshgraphnets` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Peer-reviewed paper |
| authors | Tobias Pfaff, Meire Fortunato, Alvaro Sanchez-Gonzalez, Peter W. Battaglia |
| venue | ICLR 2021 |
| date | 2020-10-07 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.03409 |
| arxiv | 2010.03409 |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |

## Notes

MeshGraphNets: message passing on simulation meshes with adaptive remeshing; cloth, aerodynamics, structural mechanics; 1-2 orders of magnitude faster than the training simulator.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Graph network simulators and neural operators](../technique/graph-network-simulators.md)

## Citation

Tobias Pfaff, Meire Fortunato, Alvaro Sanchez-Gonzalez, Peter W. Battaglia (2020-10-07). *Learning Mesh-Based Simulation with Graph Networks*. ICLR 2021 https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.03409

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