Homogenization of a second order plate model
Résumé
This work is concerned with the asymptotic analysis of linearly elastic plates with periodically rapidly varying heterogeneities. For the sake of simplicity we assume that the structure of heterogeneity is homogeneous in the direction perpendicular to the mid-surface of the plate. We want to derive a homogenized two-dimensional model which is independent of the magnitude of the applied load. Consequently we have to proceed in the following manner. Firstly, we consider a two-dimensional model of the plate obtained by expanding the displacement field by Fourier-Series expansion in thickness direction of the plate with respect to a basis of scaled Legendre polynomials. We consider a second order approximation of the displacement field which gives a good compromise between the accuracy of the approximate solution and the complexity of the approximate problem. This approximation result from an approximation of the Fourier series expansion of the displacement field up to order h 6 ( h denotes the thickness of the plate). By considering standard argument for this type of problem, we can rigorously formulate a two-dimensional homogenized boundary value problem for the plate.