数学物理学报(英文版) ›› 2012, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 129-154.doi: 10.1016/S0252-9602(12)60008-3

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HOMOGENIZATION, SYMMETRY, AND PERIODIZATION IN DIFFUSIVE RANDOM MEDIA

Alen Alexanderian1, Muruhan Rathinam2, Rouben Rostamian2   

  1. 1.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218, USA|2.Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
  • 收稿日期:2011-09-06 出版日期:2012-01-20 发布日期:2012-01-20
  • 通讯作者: Rouben Rostamian,rostamian@umbc.edu E-mail:aalexa20@jhu.edu; muruhan@umbc.edu; rostamian@umbc.edu
  • 基金资助:

    Research supported by the NSF grant DMS–0610013.

HOMOGENIZATION, SYMMETRY, AND PERIODIZATION IN DIFFUSIVE RANDOM MEDIA

Alen Alexanderian1, Muruhan Rathinam2, Rouben Rostamian2   

  1. 1.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218, USA|2.Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
  • Received:2011-09-06 Online:2012-01-20 Published:2012-01-20
  • Contact: Rouben Rostamian,rostamian@umbc.edu E-mail:aalexa20@jhu.edu; muruhan@umbc.edu; rostamian@umbc.edu
  • Supported by:

    Research supported by the NSF grant DMS–0610013.

摘要:

We present a systematic study of homogenization of diffusion in random me-dia with emphasis on tile-based random microstructures. We give detailed examples of several such media starting from their physical descriptions, then construct the associated probability spaces and verify their ergodicity. After a discussion of material symmetries of random media, we derive criteria for the isotropy of the homogenized limits in tile-based
structures. Furthermore, we study the periodization algorithm for the numerical approxi-mation of the homogenized diffusion tensor and study the algorithm’s rate of convergence. For one dimensional tile-based media, we prove a central limit result, giving a concrete rate of convergence for periodization. We also provide numerical evidence for a similar central limit behavior in the case of two dimensional tile-based structures.

关键词: homogenization, periodization, random media, ergodic dynamical systems, material symmetry, isotropy

Abstract:

We present a systematic study of homogenization of diffusion in random me-dia with emphasis on tile-based random microstructures. We give detailed examples of several such media starting from their physical descriptions, then construct the associated probability spaces and verify their ergodicity. After a discussion of material symmetries of random media, we derive criteria for the isotropy of the homogenized limits in tile-based
structures. Furthermore, we study the periodization algorithm for the numerical approxi-mation of the homogenized diffusion tensor and study the algorithm’s rate of convergence. For one dimensional tile-based media, we prove a central limit result, giving a concrete rate of convergence for periodization. We also provide numerical evidence for a similar central limit behavior in the case of two dimensional tile-based structures.

Key words: homogenization, periodization, random media, ergodic dynamical systems, material symmetry, isotropy

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