Leading and second order homogenization of an elastic scattering problem for highly oscillating anisotropic medium (1802.01064v1)

Abstract: We consider the scattering of elastic waves by highly oscillating anisotropic periodic media with bounded support. Applying the two-scale homogenization, we first obtain a constant coefficient second-order partial differential elliptic equation that describes the wave propagation of the effective or overall wave field. We study the rate of convergence by introducing complimentary boundary correctors. To account for dispersion induced by the periodic structure, we further pursue a higher-order homogenization. We then investigate the rate of convergence and formally obtain a fourth-order differential equation that demonstrates the anisotropic dispersion