We investigate the
asymptotic behaviour,
as ε → 0, of a class of monotone
nonlinear Neumann problems, with growth p-1
(p ∈]1, +∞[), on a bounded
multidomain
$\Omega_\varepsilon\subset
\mathbb{R}^N$ (N ≥ 2). The multidomain
ΩE is
composed of two domains. The first one
is a plate which becomes
asymptotically flat, with thickness
hE in the
xN direction, as ε → 0.
The second one
is a “forest" of cylinders
distributed with
ε-periodicity in the first N - 1 directions
on the upper side of the plate.
Each cylinder has
a small cross section of size ε
and fixed height
(for the case N=3, see the figure). We
identify the limit problem, under the assumption:
${\lim_{\varepsilon\rightarrow 0}
{\varepsilon^p\over
h_\varepsilon}=0}$.
After rescaling the
equation, with respect to hE, on the
plate, we prove
that, in the limit
domain corresponding to the “forest" of cylinders, the
limit problem identifies with a diffusion operator with respect to
xN, coupled with an algebraic system. Moreover, the limit
solution is independent of xN in the rescaled plate
and meets a
Dirichlet transmission condition between the limit domain of the
“forest" of cylinders and the upper boundary of the
plate.