Optimal gradient estimates of solutions to the insulated conductivity problem in dimension greater than two

arXiv2110.11313MaRDI QIDQ6380976FDOQ6380976

Authors: Hongjie Dong, Yan Yan Li, Zhuolun Yang 

Publication date: 21 October 2021

Abstract: We study the insulated conductivity problem with inclusions embedded in a bounded domain in $mathbb{R}^n$. The gradient of solutions may blow up as $varepsilon$, the distance between inclusions, approaches to $0$. It was known that the optimal blow up rate in dimension $n=2$ is of order $varepsilo{n}^{-1/2}$. It has recently been proved that in dimensions $nge3$, an upper bound of the gradient is of order $$ for some $$. On the other hand, optimal values of $$ have not been identified. In this paper, we prove that when the inclusions are balls, the optimal value of $$ is $[-(n-1)+sqrt(n-1{)}^2+4(n-2)]/4in(0,1/2)$ in dimensions $nge3$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Composite media; random media in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A48) Second-order elliptic equations (35J15) Stress concentrations, singularities in solid mechanics (74G70)

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