HOMOGENIZATION PROBLEMS OF PARABOLIC MINIMA

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On general two-scale convergence and its application to the characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>-limits

We characterize some G-limits using two-scale techniques and investigate a method to detect deviations from the arithmetic mean in the obtained G-limit provided no periodicity assumptions are involved. We also prove some results on the properties of generalized two-scale convergence.     

Homogenization of a nonlinear degenerate parabolic differential equation

This paper is devoted to the homogenization of a nonlinear degenerate parabolic problem ɑtu∈-div(D(x/∈, u∈,▽u∈)+ K(x/∈, u∈))= f(x) with Dirichlet boundary condition. Here the operator D(y, s,s) is periodic in y and degenerated in ▽s. In the paper, under the two-scale convergence theory, we obtain the limit equation as ∈→ 0 and also prove the corrector results of ▽u∈ to strong convergence.     

Multiscale convergence and reiterated homogenization of parabolic problems

Reiterated homogenization is studied for divergence structure parabolic problems of the form u /t–div (a(x,x/,x/²,t,t/ ^k)u )=f. It is shown that under standard assumptions on the function a(x, y ₁,y ₂,t,) the sequence {u } of solutions converges weakly in L ² (0,T; H ₀ ¹ ()) to the solution u of the homogenized problem u/t– div(b(x,t)u)=f.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected missing date string.     

Homogenization of monotone parabolic problems with several temporal scales

In this paper we homogenize monotone parabolic problems with two spatial scales and any number of temporal scales. Under the assumption that the spatial and temporal scales are well-separated in the sense explained in the paper, we show that there is an H-limit defined by at most four distinct sets of local problems corresponding to slow temporal oscillations, slow resonant spatial and temporal oscillations (the ??slow?? self-similar case), rapid temporal oscillations, and rapid resonant spatial and temporal oscillations (the ??rapid?? self-similar case), respectively.     

Homogenization of parabolic equations an alternative approach and some corrector-type results

We extend and complete some quite recent results by Nguetseng [Ngu1] and Allaire [All3] concerning two-scale convergence. In particular, a compactness result for a certain class of parameterdependent functions is proved and applied to perform an alternative homogenization procedure for linear parabolic equations with coefficients oscillating in both their space and time variables. For different speeds of oscillation in the time variable, this results in three cases. Further, we prove some corrector-type results and benefit from some interpolation properties of Sobolev spaces to identify regularity assumptions strong enough for such results to hold.This research was supported by The Swedish Research Council for the Engineering Sciences (TFR), The Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technological Development (NUTEK), and The Country of Jämtland Research Foundation     

Homogenization of parabolic problem with nonlinear transmission condition

In this paper, we investigate the periodic homogenization of nonlinear parabolic equation arising from heat exchange in composite material problems. This problem, defined in periodical domain, is nonlinear at the interface. This nonlinearity models the heat radiation on the interface, which constitutes the transmission boundary conditions, between the two components of the material. The main challenge is, first, to show the well-posedness of the microscopic problem using the topological degree of Leray–Schauder tools. Then, we apply the two scale convergence to identify the equivalent macroscopic model using homogenization techniques. Finally, in order to confirm the efficiency of the homogenization process, we present some numerical results obtained via finite element approximation.     

Asymptotic behaviour of linear Dirichlet parabolic problems with variable operators depending on time in varying domains

We study the asymptotic behaviour of the solutions of linear parabolic Dirichlet problems when the coefficients and the domains where the problems are posed vary simultaneously. In the limit problem it appear the H-limit of the operators, and as it is usual in the homogenization of Dirichlet problems, a new term of order zero. We also obtain a corrector result.     

Homogenization of a non‐linear degenerate parabolic problem in a highly heterogeneous periodic medium

We consider the homogenization of a time‐dependent heat transfer problem in a highly heterogeneous periodic medium made of two connected components having comparable heat capacities and conductivities, separated by a third material with thickness of the same order ε as the basic periodicity cell but having a much lower conductivity such that the resulting interstitial heat flow is scaled by a factor λ tending to zero with a rate λ=λ(ε). The heat flux vectors a_j, j=1,2,3 are non‐linear, monotone functions of the temperature gradient. The heat capacities c_j(x) are positive, but may vanish at some subsets such that the problem can be degenerate (parabolic–elliptic). We show that the critical value of the problem is δ=lim_ε→0ε^p/λ and identify the homogenized problem depending on whether δ is zero, strictly positive finite or infinite. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Characterization of Two-Scale Gradient Young Measures and Application to Homogenization

This work is devoted to the study of two-scale gradient Young measures naturally arising in nonlinear elasticity homogenization problems. Precisely, a characterization of this class of measures is derived and an integral representation formula for homogenized energies, whose integrands satisfy very weak regularity assumptions, is obtained in terms of two-scale gradient Young measures.     

Analysis of the heterogeneous multiscale method for parabolic homogenization problems

The heterogeneous multiscale method (HMM) is applied to various parabolic problems with multiscale coefficients. These problems can be either linear or nonlinear. Optimal estimates are proved for the error between the HMM solution and the homogenized solution.

     

I-convergence theorems for a class of k-positive linear operators

In this paper, we obtain some approximation theorems for k- positive linear operators defined on the space of analytical functions on the unit disc, via I-convergence. Some concluding remarks which includes A-statistical convergence are also given.      

Homogenization of monotone operators in divergence form with <Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>-dependent multivalued graphs

In a previous paper [4], we proved the existence of solutions to −div a(x, grad u) = f , together with appropriate boundary conditions, whenever a(x, e) belongs, for every fixed x, to a certain class of maximal monotone graphs in e. Here, we derive the corresponding homogenization result, letting a(x, e) depend upon a parameter ε, and imposing adequate ε-uniform boundedness and coercivity properties. The resulting homogenized graphs belong to the same class of maximal monotone graphs. Our results do not assume any kind of periodicity.      

Periodic homogenization of nonlinear non-monotone parabolic operators with three time scales

Multiscale homogenization of nonlinear non-monotone degenerated parabolic operators is investigated. Under a periodicity assumption on the coefficients of the operators under consideration, we obtain by means of multiscale convergence method, an accurate homogenization result. It is also shown that in spite of the presence of several time scales the global homogenized problem is not a reiterated one.     

Large time behavior of solutions to a class of doubly nonlinear parabolic equations

We study the large time asymptotic behavior of solutions of the doubly degenerate parabolic equation u _t = div(u ^m−1|Du| ^p−2 Du) − u ^q with an initial condition u(x, 0) = u ₀(x). Here the exponents m, p and q satisfy m + p ⩾ 3, p > 1 and q > m + p − 2. The paper was supported by NSF of China (10571144), NSF for youth of Fujian province in China (2005J037) and NSF of Jimei University in China.     

Homogenization of two-dimensional elasticity problems with very stiff coefficients

In this paper we study the asymptotic behaviour of a sequence of two-dimensional linear elasticity problems with equicoercive elasticity tensors. Assuming the sequence of tensors is bounded in L¹, we obtain a compactness result extending to the elasticity the div-curl approach of [M. Briane, J. Casado-Díaz, Two-dimensional div-curl results. Application to the lack of nonlocal effects in homogenization, Comm. Partial Differential Equations 32 (2007) 935-969] for the conduction. In the periodic case this compactness result is refined replacing the L¹-boundedness by a less restrictive condition involving the oscillations period. We also build a sequence of isotropic elasticity problems with L¹-unbounded Lamé's coefficients, which converges to a second gradient limit problem. This loss of compactness shows a gap in the limit behaviour between the very stiff problems of elasticity and those of conduction. Indeed, in the conduction case a compactness result was proved in [M. Briane, J. Casado-Díaz, Asymptotic behaviour of equicoercive diffusion energies in dimension two, Calc. Var. Partial Differential Equations 29 (4) (2007) 455-479] without assuming any bound from above for the conductivities.     

On the complete monotonicity of the waiting time density in some GI/G/k systems

In this note the complete monotonicity of the waiting time density in GI/G/k queues is proved under the assumption that the service time density is completely monotone. This is an extension of Keilson's [3] result for M/G/1 queues. We also provide another proof of the result that complete monotonicity is preserved by geometric compounding.     

Homogenization of a composite medium with a thermal barrier

In this work, we consider a heat transfer problem between two periodic connected media exchanging a heat flux throughout their common interface. The interfacial exchange coefficient λ is assumed to tend to zero or to infinity following a rate λ=λ(ε) when the size εof the basic cell tends to zero. Three homogenized problems are determined according to the value of δ=lim_ε→0λ/ε. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.