Definition
Let be an open bounded domain of, with, which is subject to a nonsmooth perturbation confined in a small region of size with an arbitrary point of and a fixed domain of . Let be a characteristic function associated to the unperturbed domain and be a charecteristic function associated to the perforated domain . A given shape functional associated to the topologically perturbed domain, admits the following topological asymptotic expansion:
where is the shape functional associated to the reference domain, is a positive first order correction function of and is the remainder. The function is called the topological derivative of at .
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