Homogenization Method in the Problem of Long Wave Propagation from a Localized Source in a Basin over an Uneven Bottom

In the framework of the linearized shallow water equations, the homogenization method for wave type equations with rapidly oscillating coefficients that generally cannot be represented as periodic functions of the fast variables is applied to the Cauchy problem for the wave equation describing the evolution of the free surface elevation for long waves propagating in a basin over an uneven bottom. Under certain conditions on the function describing the basin depth, we prove that the solution of the homogenized equation asymptotically approximates the solution of the original equation. Model homogenized wave equations are constructed for several examples of one-dimensional sections of the real ocean bottom profile, and their numerical and asymptotic solutions are compared with numerical solutions of the original equations.     

矩阵形式二次修正Maxwell-Dirac系统的多尺度算法

带二次修正项的Dirac方程在拓扑绝缘体、石墨烯、超导等新材料电磁光特性分析中有着十分广泛的应用.本文工作的创新点有：一是首次提出了矩阵形式带有二次修正项的Dirac方程,它是比较一般的数学框架,涵盖了上述材料体系很多重要的物理模型,具体见附录A;二是针对上述材料体系的电磁响应问题,提出了有界区域Weyl规范下具有周期间断系数矩阵形式带二次修正项Maxwell-Dirac系统的多尺度渐近方法,结合Crank-Nicolson有限差分方法和自适应棱单元方法,发展了一类多尺度算法.数值试验结果验证了多尺度渐近方法的正确性和算法的有效性.     

Homogenization of a Coupled System with Periodic Oscillating Coefficients

We study the homogenization of a coupled system with periodic oscillating coefficients in bounded non-homogeneous media. The system couples the Navier–Stokes and a classical parabolic diffusive equation. To do that, we introduce a generalized compensate compactness result and a suitable class of test function to this problem. By passing the limit, we obtain the homogenized model of this problem.     

Continuous Observability for the Anisotropic Maxwell System

A boundary observability inequality for the homogeneous Maxwell system with variable, anisotropic coefficients is proved. The result implies uniqueness for an ill-posed Cauchy problem for Maxwell's system. Both results are so far known only in the special case of isotropic coefficients, i.e., when Maxwell's system reduces to a vector wave equation. Here the analysis has been carried out for the first-order system directly without references to the wave equation.     

Homogenization of a Nonlinear Convection-Diffusion Equation with Rapidly Oscillating Coefficients and Strong Convection

A Cauchy problem for a nonlinear convection-diffusion equationwith periodic rapidly oscillating coefficients is studied. Underthe assumption that the convection term is large, it is provedthat the limit (homogenized) equation is a nonlinear diffusionequation which shows dispersion effects. The convergence ofthe homogenization procedure is justified by using a new versionof a two-scale convergence technique adapted to rapidly movingcoordinates.     

A two-scale model for the periodic homogenization of the wave equation

We present a new mathematical object designed to analyze the oscillations occurring on both microscopic and macroscopic scales in a wave equation with oscillating coefficients and data. Through a Bloch wave homogenization method, our study addresses typical problems of two-scale convergence in the interior of the domain, and sheds some light on the behavior near the boundary. A decoupled system of (systems of) transport equations is derived in each energy band, and the total energy field is approximated. We also recover previously known results in homogenization as a restricted part of our model.     

Singular homogenization with stationary in time and periodic in space coefficients

We study the homogenization problem for a random parabolic operator with coefficients rapidly oscillating in both the space and time variables and with a large highly oscillating nonlinear potential, in a general stationary and mixing random media, which is periodic in space. It is shown that a solution of the corresponding Cauchy problem converges in law to a solution of a limit stochastic PDE.     

Biharmonic equation in a highly oscillating domain and homogenization of an associated control problem

We consider a Dirichlet boundary control problem posed in an oscillating boundary domain governed by a biharmonic equation. Homogenization of a PDE with a non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition on the oscillating boundary is one of the hardest problems. Here, we study the homogenization of the problem by converting it into an equivalent interior control problem. The convergence of the optimal solution is studied using periodic unfolding operator.     

Diffractive behavior of the wave equation in periodic media: weak convergence analysis

We study the homogenization and singular perturbation of the wave equation in a periodic media for long times of the order of the inverse of the period. We consider initial data that are Bloch wave packets, i.e., that are the product of a fast oscillating Bloch wave and of a smooth envelope function. We prove that the solution is approximately equal to two waves propagating in opposite directions at a high group velocity with envelope functions which obey a Schrödinger type equation. Our analysis extends the usual WKB approximation by adding a dispersive, or diffractive, effect due to the non uniformity of the group velocity which yields the dispersion tensor of the homogenized Schrödinger equation.     

Approximation grossière dʼun problème elliptique à coefficients hautement oscillants

Our wish is to approximate an elliptic problem with highly oscillatory coefficients using a problem of the same type, but with constant coefficients. We deliberately take an engineering perspective, where the information on the oscillating coefficients in the equation can be incomplete or entirely missing. We investigate the links between this particular question and the classical theory of homogenization. On some illustrating examples we show the potential practical interest of the approach.     

Optimal Design of Periodic Diffractive Structures

The problem of designing a periodic interface between two different materials, which gives rise to a specified far-field diffraction pattern for a given incoming plane wave, is considered. The time harmonic waves are assumed to be TM (transverse magnetic) polarized. The diffraction problem is modeled by a generalized Helmholtz equation with transparent boundary conditions. In this paper the design problem is relaxed to include highly oscillatory profiles. Existence of an optimal design is established. The principal method is based on the theory of homogenization for the model equation. Accepted 31 May 2000. Online publication 26 February 2001.     

Boundary homogenization in domains with randomly oscillating boundary

We consider a model homogenization problem for the Poisson equation in a domain with a rapidly oscillating boundary which is a small random perturbation of a fixed hypersurface. A Fourier boundary condition with random coefficients is imposed on the oscillating boundary. We derive the effective boundary condition, prove a convergence result, and establish error estimates.     

Homogenization with the Quasistatic Tresca Friction Law:Qualitative and Quantitative Results

Modeling of frictional contacts is crucial for investigating mechanical performances of composite materials under varying service environments.The paper considers a linear elasticity system with strongly heterogeneous coefficients and quasistatic Tresca friction law,and studies the homogenization theories under the frameworks of H-convergence and small ε-periodicity.The qualitative result is based on H-convergence,which shows the original oscillating solutions will converge weakly to the homogen...     

On the rate of convergence of solutions in domain with periodic multilevel oscillating boundary

In this paper we deal with the homogenization problem for the Poisson equation in a singularly perturbed domain with multilevel periodically oscillating boundary. This domain consists of the body, a large number of thin cylinders joining to the body through the thin transmission zone with rapidly oscillating boundary. Inhomogeneous Fourier boundary conditions with perturbed coefficients are set on the boundaries of the thin cylinders and on the boundary of the transmission zone. We prove the homogenization theorems and derive the estimates for the convergence of the solutions. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Thermoelastic homogenization of periodic composites using an eigenstrain-based micromechanical model

This paper presents a study on effective thermoelastic properties of composite materials with periodic microstructures. The overall elastic moduli and coefficients of thermal expansion of such materials are evaluated by a micromechanical model based on the Eshelby equivalent inclusion approach. The model employs Fourier series in the representation of the periodic strain and displacement fields involved in the homogenization procedures and uses the Levin's formula for determining the effective coefficients of thermal expansion. Two main objectives can be highlighted in the work. The first of them is the implementation and application of an efficient strategy for computation of the average eigenstrain vector which represents a crucial task required by the thermoelastic homogenization model. The second objective consists in a detailed investigation on the behavior of the model, considering the convergence of results and efficiency of the strategy used to obtain the approximate solution of the elastic homogenization problem. Analyses on the complexity of the eigenstrain fields in function of the inclusion volume fractions and contrasts between the elastic moduli of the constituent phases are also included in the investigation. Comparisons with results provided by other micromechanical methods and experimental data demonstrate the very good performance of the presented model.     

Large deviations for multiscale diffusion via weak convergence methods

We study the large deviations principle for locally periodic SDEs with small noise and fast oscillating coefficients. There are three regimes depending on how fast the intensity of the noise goes to zero relative to homogenization parameter. We use weak convergence methods which provide convenient representations for the action functional for all regimes. Along the way, we study weak limits of controlled SDEs with fast oscillating coefficients. We derive, in some cases, a control that nearly achieves the large deviations lower bound at prelimit level. This control is useful for designing efficient importance sampling schemes for multiscale small noise diffusion.     

Internal and Boundary Observability Estimates for the Heterogeneous Maxwell's System

Observability estimates for Maxwell's system with variable coefficients are established using the differential geometry method recently developed for scalar wave equations. The main tool is that Maxwell's system is reducible to a perturbed vectorial wave equation with a decoupled principal part.     

Low-cost control problems on perforated and non-perforated domains

We study the homogenization of a class of optimal control problems whose state equations are given by second order elliptic boundary value problems with oscillating coefficients posed on perforated and non-perforated domains. We attempt to describe the limit problem when the cost of the control is also of the same order as that describing the oscillations of the coefficients. We study the situations where the control and the state are both defined over the entire domain or when both are defined on the boundary.     

Generalization of unfolding operator for highly oscillating smooth boundary domains and homogenization

Unfolding operators have been introduced and used to study homogenization problems. Initially, they were introduced for problems with rapidly oscillating coefficients and porous domains. Later, this has been developed for domains with oscillating boundaries, typically with rectangular or pillar type boundaries which are classified as non-smooth. In this article, we develop new unfolding operators, where the oscillations can be smooth and hence they have wider applications. We have demonstrated by developing unfolding operators for circular domains with rapid oscillations with high amplitude of O(1) to study the homogenization of an elliptic problem.     

A boundary element method for homogenization of periodic structures

Homogenized coefficients of periodic structures are calculated via an auxiliary partial differential equation in the periodic cell. Typically, a volume finite element discretization is employed for the numerical solution. In this paper, we reformulate the problem as a boundary integral equation using Steklov–Poincaré operators. The resulting boundary element method only discretizes the boundary of the periodic cell and the interface between the materials within the cell. We prove that the homogenized coefficients converge super-linearly with the mesh size, and we support the theory with examples in two and three dimensions.