Numerical results on the homogenization of Stokes and Navier-stokes equations modeling a class of problems from fluid mechanics (Q1081488)

We present a numerical study of the homogenization theory applied to Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations with nonstandard conditions on the boundary of periodically multiperforated domain. From a practical point of view our purpose is the numerical solution of the physical problem of the steam-water condensation in a condenser which contains a periodical structure of pipes. For this problem, we first propose a mathematical model based on theoretical results about the homogenization of Navier- Stokes equations, and then we present a numerical study of this model which allows the effective computation of the homogenized solution.