An Introduction to Homogenization
An Introduction to Homogenization

Author: Doïna Cioranescu

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780198565543

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Composite materials are widely used in industry: well-known examples of this are the superconducting multi-filamentary composites which are used in the composition of optical fibres. Such materials are complicated to model, as different points in the material will have different properties. The mathematical theory of homogenization is designed to deal with this problem, and hence is used to model the behaviour of these important materials. This book provides a self-contained and authoritative introduction to the subject for graduates and researchers in the field.

The General Theory of Homogenization
The General Theory of Homogenization

Author: Luc Tartar

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-12-03

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 3642051952

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Homogenization is not about periodicity, or Gamma-convergence, but about understanding which effective equations to use at macroscopic level, knowing which partial differential equations govern mesoscopic levels, without using probabilities (which destroy physical reality); instead, one uses various topologies of weak type, the G-convergence of Sergio Spagnolo, the H-convergence of François Murat and the author, and some responsible for the appearance of nonlocal effects, which many theories in continuum mechanics or physics guessed wrongly. For a better understanding of 20th century science, new mathematical tools must be introduced, like the author’s H-measures, variants by Patrick Gérard, and others yet to be discovered.

Homogenization of Multiple Integrals
Homogenization of Multiple Integrals

Author: Andrea Braides

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780198502463

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An introduction to the mathematical theory of the homogenization of multiple integrals, this book describes the overall properties of such functionals with various applications ranging from cellular elastic materials to Riemannian metrics.

Shape Optimization by the Homogenization Method
Shape Optimization by the Homogenization Method

Author: Gregoire Allaire

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1468492861

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This book provides an introduction to the theory and numerical developments of the homogenization method. It's main features are: a comprehensive presentation of homogenization theory; an introduction to the theory of two-phase composite materials; a detailed treatment of structural optimization by using homogenization; a complete discussion of the resulting numerical algorithms with many documented test problems. It will be of interest to researchers, engineers, and advanced graduate students in applied mathematics, mechanical engineering, and structural optimization.

Periodic Homogenization of Elliptic Systems
Periodic Homogenization of Elliptic Systems

Author: Zhongwei Shen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-09-04

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 3319912143

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This monograph surveys the theory of quantitative homogenization for second-order linear elliptic systems in divergence form with rapidly oscillating periodic coefficients in a bounded domain. It begins with a review of the classical qualitative homogenization theory, and addresses the problem of convergence rates of solutions. The main body of the monograph investigates various interior and boundary regularity estimates that are uniform in the small parameter e>0. Additional topics include convergence rates for Dirichlet eigenvalues and asymptotic expansions of fundamental solutions, Green functions, and Neumann functions. The monograph is intended for advanced graduate students and researchers in the general areas of analysis and partial differential equations. It provides the reader with a clear and concise exposition of an important and currently active area of quantitative homogenization.

Quantitative Stochastic Homogenization and Large-Scale Regularity
Quantitative Stochastic Homogenization and Large-Scale Regularity

Author: Scott Armstrong

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-05-09

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 3030155455

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The focus of this book is the large-scale statistical behavior of solutions of divergence-form elliptic equations with random coefficients, which is closely related to the long-time asymptotics of reversible diffusions in random media and other basic models of statistical physics. Of particular interest is the quantification of the rate at which solutions converge to those of the limiting, homogenized equation in the regime of large scale separation, and the description of their fluctuations around this limit. This self-contained presentation gives a complete account of the essential ideas and fundamental results of this new theory of quantitative stochastic homogenization, including the latest research on the topic, and is supplemented with many new results. The book serves as an introduction to the subject for advanced graduate students and researchers working in partial differential equations, statistical physics, probability and related fields, as well as a comprehensive reference for experts in homogenization. Being the first text concerned primarily with stochastic (as opposed to periodic) homogenization and which focuses on quantitative results, its perspective and approach are entirely different from other books in the literature.

Multiscale Methods
Multiscale Methods

Author: Grigoris Pavliotis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-01-18

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0387738290

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This introduction to multiscale methods gives you a broad overview of the methods’ many uses and applications. The book begins by setting the theoretical foundations of the methods and then moves on to develop models and prove theorems. Extensive use of examples shows how to apply multiscale methods to solving a variety of problems. Exercises then enable you to build your own skills and put them into practice. Extensions and generalizations of the results presented in the book, as well as references to the literature, are provided in the Discussion and Bibliography section at the end of each chapter.With the exception of Chapter One, all chapters are supplemented with exercises.

Homogenization Methods For Multiscale Mechanics
Homogenization Methods For Multiscale Mechanics

Author: Chiang C Mei

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2010-09-23

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 9814466964

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In many physical problems several scales are present in space or time, caused by inhomogeneity of the medium or complexity of the mechanical process. A fundamental approach is to first construct micro-scale models, and then deduce the macro-scale laws and the constitutive relations by properly averaging over the micro-scale. The perturbation method of multiple scales can be used to derive averaged equations for a much larger scale from considerations of the small scales. In the mechanics of multiscale media, the analytical scheme of upscaling is known as the Theory of Homogenization.The authors share the view that the general methods of homogenization should be more widely understood and practiced by applied scientists and engineers. Hence this book is aimed at providing a less abstract treatment of the theory of homogenization for treating inhomogeneous media, and at illustrating its broad range of applications. Each chapter deals with a different class of physical problems. To tackle a new problem, the approach of first discussing the physically relevant scales, then identifying the small parameters and their roles in the normalized governing equations is adopted. The details of asymptotic analysis are only explained afterwards.

Getting Acquainted with Homogenization and Multiscale
Getting Acquainted with Homogenization and Multiscale

Author: Leonid Berlyand

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-11-22

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 303001777X

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The objective of this book is to navigate beginning graduate students in mathematics and engineering through a mature field of multiscale problems in homogenization theory and to provide an idea of its broad scope. An overview of a wide spectrum of homogenization techniques ranging from classical two-scale asymptotic expansions to Gamma convergence and the rapidly developing field of stochastic homogenization is presented. The mathematical proofs and definitions are supplemented with intuitive explanations and figures to make them easier to follow. A blend of mathematics and examples from materials science and engineering is designed to teach a mixed audience of mathematical and non-mathematical students.

Homogenization of Reticulated Structures
Homogenization of Reticulated Structures

Author: Doina Cioranescu

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 1461221587

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Materials science is an area of growing research as composite materials become widely used in such areas as civil engineering, electrotechnics, and the aerospace industry. This mathematically rigorous treatment of lattice-type structures will appeal to both applied mathematicians, as well as engineers looking for a solid mathematical foundation of the methodology.