Homogenization of a Hele-Shaw type problem in periodic and random media
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We investigate the homogenization limit of a free boundary problem with space-dependent free boundary velocities. The problem under consideration has a well-known obstacle problem transformation, formally obtained by integrating with respect to the time variable. By making rigorous the link between these two problems, we are able to derive an explicit formula for the homogenized free boundary velocity, and we establish the uniform convergence of the free boundaries.
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Homogenization of a Hele-Shaw problem in periodic and random media
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