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

DOI10.1023/A:1023049608047MaRDI QIDQ1265634zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 28 September 1998

Published in Applications of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/32985, http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/134362

coefficients oscillating in space and time two-scale convergence

Homogenization in context of PDEs; PDEs in media with periodic structure (35B27) Initial-boundary value problems for second-order parabolic equations (35K20) Inhomogeneity in solid mechanics (74E05) Composite and mixture properties (74E30)

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The paper deals with the homogenization problem for linear parabolic equations of the type \[ {\partial u\over \partial t} + \sum _{i,j}{\partial \over \partial x_i} \left (a_{ij}\left (x ,{x\over \varepsilon },t ,{t\over \varepsilon ^r} \right){\partial u\over \partial x_j}\right)=f \] with coefficients \(a_{ij}(x,y,t,s)\) periodic in \(y\) and \(s\). Considering a sequence of parameters \(\varepsilon \to 0\), a sequence of problems and the corresponding sequence of solutions \(u^\varepsilon \) is given. The solutions \(u^\varepsilon \) converge to a solution \(u^0\) of the so-called homogenized equation with coefficients \(\bar a_{ij}(x,t)\) independent of \(\varepsilon \). The homogenization problem can be studied by different methods. The same problem was studied in [\textit{A. Bensoussan, J. L. Lions} and \textit{G. Papanicolaou}, Asymptotic analysis for periodic Structures, North-Holland, Amsterdam (1978; Zbl 0404.35001)] by asymptotic expansion methods. The two-scale convergence method [\textit{G. Allaire}, SIAM J. Math. Anal. 23, No. 6, 1482-1518 (1992; Zbl 0770.35005)] introduced by G. Allaire and Nguetseng in 1989 for elliptic equations seems to be the most efficient. In the present paper the two-scale method is adapted to parabolic problems. It yields formulae for coefficients of the limit homogenized equation and a simple proof of convergence \(u^\varepsilon \to u^0\) including convergence of ``corrected solutions. According to the value of the parameter \(r\) describing ratio of the space period \(\varepsilon \) and the time period \(\varepsilon ^r\), three cases occur: \(r<2\), \(r=2\) and \(r>2\) with different formulae for the homogenized coefficients.

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