Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

L. Sigalotti

Asymptotic analysis of periodically perforated nonlinear media at the critical exponent

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Inserted: 4 feb 2008
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Journal: Comm. Cont. Math.
Volume: 11
Number: 6
Pages: 1009-1033
Year: 2009

Abstract:

We give a $\Gamma$-convergence result for vector-valued nonlinear energies defined on periodically perforated domains. We consider integrands with $n$-growth where $n$ is the space dimension, showing that there exists a critical scale for the perforations such that the $\Gamma$-limit is non-trivial. We prove that the limit extra-term is given by a formula of homogenization type, which simplifies in the case of $n$-homogeneous energy densities.

Keywords: Gamma-convergence, perforated domains, critical exponent


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