Homogenization of the Torsion Problem and the Neumann Problem in Nonregular Periodically Perforated Domains

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the homogenization of the torsion problem (or stiff problem) and the Neumann problem (or soft problem) for second-order elliptic but not necessarily symmetric linear operators set in a bounded open subset Ω of ℝN. More precisely, we study the asymptotic behavior of the equations [Formula: see text] in Ω with ε → 0, where Sε is a closed subset of Ω, which represents the set of the inclusions for the stiff problem or the holes for the soft one, and Ωε = Ω \ Sε. The stiff problem corresponds to δ → + ∞ and ν = 0, the soft one to δ → 0 and ν = 1. We prove a homogenization result in the periodic case without assuming any regularity on the set Sε and thus generalizing the result of Cioranescu and Saint Jean Paulin.7