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Dissertation
Homogenization in perforated domains and with soft inclusions
(2018)
  • Brandon C Russell, University of Kentucky
Abstract
In this dissertation, we first provide a short introduction to qualitative homogenization of elliptic equations and systems. We collect relevant and known results regarding elliptic equations and systems with rapidly oscillating, periodic coefficients, which is the classical setting in homogenization of elliptic equations and systems. We extend several classical results to the so-called case of perforated domains and consider materials reinforced with soft inclusions. We establish quantitative H^1-convergence rates in both settings, and as a result deduce large-scale Lipschitz estimates and Liouville-type estimates for solutions to elliptic systems with rapidly oscillating, periodic, bounded, and measurable coefficients. Finally, we connect these large-scale estimates with local regularity results at the microscopic-level to achieve interior Lipschitz regularity at every scale.
Keywords
  • Partial differential equations,
  • elliptic equations,
  • homogenization,
  • linear elasticity,
  • media with periodic structure
Publication Date
Spring May, 2018
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Field of study
Mathematics
Department
Mathematics
Advisors
Zhongwei Shen
Citation Information
Brandon C Russell. "Homogenization in perforated domains and with soft inclusions" (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brandon-russell/1/