The Stokes equations with Fourier boundary conditions on a wall with asperities

We study the effect of the rugosity of a wall on the solution of the Stokes system complemented with Fourier boundary conditions. We consider the case of small periodic asperities of size ε. We prove that the velocity field, pressure and drag, respectively, converge to the velocity field, pressure and drag of a homogenized Stokes problem, where a different friction coefficient appears. This shows that, contrarily to the case of Dirichlet boundary conditions, rugosity is dominant here. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.