# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

June  2012, 5(3): 399-417. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2012.5.399

## A variational convergence for bifunctionals. Application to a model of strong junction

 1 IMATH, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, BP 20132 - 83957 La Garde Cedex, France

Received  August 2010 Revised  September 2010 Published  October 2011

We introduce a notion of variational convergence for bifunctionals in an abstract setting. Then we apply this convergence to the asymptotic analysis of a junction problem in order to capture the gradient oscillations in the joint by considering the energy functional as a bifunctional of Sobolev-function/Young measure arguments. The well known asymptotic model described in terms of Sobolev-functions is obtained by eliminating the Young-measure argument considered as an internal variable through a marginal map. Furthermore, the surface energy of the classical model can be considered as a relaxation of a Dirichlet condition.
Citation: Anne-Laure Bessoud. A variational convergence for bifunctionals. Application to a model of strong junction. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - S, 2012, 5 (3) : 399-417. doi: 10.3934/dcdss.2012.5.399
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