Homogenization approximations for unidirectional transport past randomly distributed sinks

DOI10.1093/IMAMAT/HXZ004MaRDI QIDQ3296480zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Matthew Russell, Oliver E. Jensen

Publication date 7 July 2020

Published in IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.08153, https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/homogenization-approximations-for-unidirectional-transport-past-randomly-distributed-sinks(51ba2b26-f0e4-4c06-8b73-6392fb03117f).html

zbMATH Keywords

homogenizationspatial disordertransport

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics of disordered systems (random Ising systems, etc.) in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C44) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Cell biology (92C37)

Abstract: Transport in biological systems often occurs in complex spatial environments involving random structures. Motivated by such applications, we investigate an idealised model for solute transport past an array of point sinks, randomly distributed along a line, which remove solute via first-order kinetics. Random sink locations give rise to long-range spatial correlations in the solute field and influence the mean concentration. We present a non-standard approach to evaluating these features based on rationally approximating integrals of a suitable Green's function, which accommodates contributions varying on short and long lengthscales and has deterministic and stochastic components. We refine the results of classical two-scale methods for a periodic sink array (giving more accurate higher-order corrections with non-local contributions) and find explicit predictions for the fluctuations in concentration and disorder-induced corrections to the mean for both weakly and strongly disordered sink locations. Our predictions are validated across a large region of parameter space.

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