This volume presents an up-to-date overview of some of the most important topics in waves and stability in continuous media. The topics are: Discontinuity and Shock Waves; Linear and Non-Linear Stability in Fluid Dynamics; Kinetic Theories and Comparison with Continuum Models; Propagation and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics; and Numerical Applications.
Thermodynamics of electron transport in semiconductors, M. Anile; on a new class of kinetic models of population dynamics, L. Arlotti and N. Bellomo; Hamilton-Jacobi equation for shocks with a convex entropy density, G. Boillat; hydrodynamics and magneto-hydrodynamics and Yang-Mills fluids, Y. Choquet-Bruhat; stability properties for perturbed singular systems, A. D'Anna; how to use canonical variables to linearize systems of partial differential equations, A. Donato and F. Olivieri; instability of nonparallel flows, P.G. Drazin; free energies and dissipation property for systems with memory, C. Giorgi et al; asymptotic stability for a electromagnetic system with a fading memory boundary condition, M. Fabrizio and E. Santi; asymptotic diffraction theory applied to edge-vertex diffraction, A. Hanyga; end effects in fluid flows along a pipe, R.J. Knops; nozzle flow of a radiating gas, G.M. Kremer and I. Muller; rays in dissipative solids, A. Morro; breakdown of shock structure solutions for hyperbolic systems, T. Ruggeri; on Saint-Venant's principle in incompressible elastostatics, R. Russo; report on a discrete velocity model for evaporation and condensation, M. Slemrod et al; energy stability analyses for convection in fluids with temperature-dependent viscosity, B. Straughan. (Part Contents).