Convergence of energy minimizers of a MEMS model in the reinforced limit

DOI10.1007/S10440-021-00416-3MaRDI QIDQ2233671zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Katerina Nik, Christoph Walker, Philippe Laurençot

Publication date 11 October 2021

Published in Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.11075

zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergenceMEMSminimizerstransmission problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods for second-order elliptic equations (35J20) Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic equations (35J25) PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics (74G65) Technical applications of optics and electromagnetic theory (78A55)

Abstract: Energy minimizers to a MEMS model with an insulating layer are shown to converge in its reinforced limit to the minimizer of the limiting model as the thickness of the layer tends to zero. The proof relies on the identification of the $Gamma$-limit of the energy in this limit.

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