Proceedings, "WASCOM 99"
Proceedings,

Author: Vincenzo Ciancio

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9789810245405

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Mathematical problems concerning time evolution of solutions related to nonlinear systems modelling dynamics of continuous media are of great interest both in wave propagation and in stability problems. During the last few decades many striking developments have taken place, especially in connection with the effects of nonlinearity of the equations describing physical situations. The articles in this book have been written by reputable specialists in the field and represent a valuable contribution to its advancement. The topics are: discontinuity and shock waves; linear and nonlinear stability in fluid dynamics; kinetic theories and comparison with continuum models; propagation and non-equilibrium thermodynamics; exact solutions via group methods; numerical applications.

Proceedings, "WASCOM 2001"
Proceedings,

Author: Roberto Monaco

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 624

ISBN-13: 9789812380173

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First organized in 1981, the WASCOM conference to bring together researchers and scientists from all over the world to discuss problems, promote collaborations and shape future directions for research in the field of stability and wave propagation in continuous media.This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th edition of the conference, the first of the third millennium. The main topics are: (1) Linear and nonlinear hyperbolic equations, conservation laws and specific aspects of wave propagation; (2) stability of systems of PDEs, with particular reference to those of fluid and solid mechanics; (3) extended thermodynamics and passage from microscopic to macroscopic description of the medium for systems characterized also by inelastic interactions at the kinetic scale.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: ? Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)

Proceedings, "WASCOM 2005"
Proceedings,

Author: Roberto Monaco

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 9812773614

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The book contains recent contributions in the field of waves propagation and stability in continuous media. In particular, the contributions consider discontinuity and shock waves, stability in fluid dynamics, small parameter problems, kinetic theories towards continuum models, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, and numerical applications. The volume is the fourth in a series published by World Scientific since 1999. The following distinguished authors contribute to the present book: S Bianchini, R Caflish, C Cercignani, Y Choquet-Bruhat, C Dafermos, L Desvillettes, V Giovangigli, H Gouin, I Muller, D Parker, B Straughan, M Sugiyama and W Weiss. Contents: On Whitham Equations for Camassa-Holm (S Abenda et al.); An Operational Description of Stock Markets (F Bagarello); Vortex Layers in the Small Viscosity Limit (R E Caflisch & M Sammartino); Integration of Partially Integrable Equations (R Conte); Waves and Vibrations in a Solid of Second Grade (M Destrade & G Saccomandi); Multicomponent Reactive Flows (V Giovangigli); Singularities for Prandtl''s Equations (G Lo Bosco et al.); Stability of Solitons of the ZakharovOCoRubenchik Equation (F Oliveira); Plain Waves and Vibrations in the Elastic Mixtures (M Svanadze); Extended Thermodynamics with Consistent Order (W Weiss); and other papers. Readership: Academics, researchers and post-graduates in mathematics and physics."

Proceedings, "WASCOM 2003"
Proceedings,

Author: Roberto Monaco

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 9789812702937

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This book contains about 20 invited papers and 40 contributed papers in the research areas of theoretical continuum mechanics, kinetic theory and numerical applications of continuum mechanics. Collectively these papers give a good overview of the activities and developments in these fields in the last few years. The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: . OCo Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings- (ISTP- / ISI Proceedings). OCo Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings). OCo CC Proceedings OCo Engineering & Physical Sciences. Contents: Chaos in Some Linear Kinetic Models (J Banasiak); Inverse Problems in Photon Transport. Part I: Determination of Physical and Geometrical Features of an Interstellar Cloud (A Belleni-Morante et al.); Inverse Problems in Photon Transport. Part II: Features of a Source Inside an Interstellar Cloud (A Belleni-Morante & R Riganti); The Riemann Problem for a Binary Non-Reacting Mixture of Euler Fluids (F Brini & T Ruggeri); Rate of Convergence toward the Equilibrium in Degenerate Settings (L Desvillettes & C Villani); Asymptotic and Other Properties of Positive Definite Integral Measures for Nonlinear Diffusion (J N Flavin); Thermocapillary Fluid and Adiabatic Waves Near its Critical Point (H Gouin); Constitutive Models for Atactic Elastomers (C O Horgan & G Saccomandi); Considerations about the Gibbs Paradox (I Mller); Transport Coefficients in Stochastic Models of the Revised Enskog and Square-Well Kinetic Theories (J Polewczak & G Stell); Some Recent Mathematical Results in Mixtures Theory of Euler Fluids (T Ruggeri); From Kinetic Systems to Diffusion Equations (F Salvarani & J L Vizquez); Non-Boussinesq Convection in Porous Media (B Straughan); and other papers. Readership: Researchers, academics and graduate students working in the fields of continuum mechanics, wave propagation, stability in fluids, kinetic theory and computational fluid dynamics."

Waves And Stability In Continuous Media - Proceedings Of The 10th Conference On Wascom 99
Waves And Stability In Continuous Media - Proceedings Of The 10th Conference On Wascom 99

Author: Vicenzo Ciancio

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2001-04-30

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 9814542695

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Mathematical problems concerning time evolution of solutions related to nonlinear systems modelling dynamics of continuous media are of great interest both in wave propagation and in stability problems. During the last few decades many striking developments have taken place, especially in connection with the effects of nonlinearity of the equations describing physical situations.The articles in this book have been written by reputable specialists in the field and represent a valuable contribution to its advancement. The topics are: discontinuity and shock waves; linear and nonlinear stability in fluid dynamics; kinetic theories and comparison with continuum models; propagation and non-equilibrium thermodynamics; exact solutions via group methods; numerical applications.

Modelling and Numerics of Kinetic Dissipative Systems
Modelling and Numerics of Kinetic Dissipative Systems

Author: Lorenzo Pareschi

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9781594545030

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The book is divided into three parts, which contain respectively recent results in the kinetic theory of granular gases, kinetic theory of chemically reacting gases, and numerical methods for kinetic systems. Part I is devoted to theoretical aspects of granular gases. Part II presents recent results on modelling of kinetic systems in which molecules can undergo binary collisions in presence of chemical reactions and/or in presence of quantum effects. Part III contains several contributions related to the construction of suitable numerical methods and simulations for granular gases.

Modeling and Computational Methods for Kinetic Equations
Modeling and Computational Methods for Kinetic Equations

Author: Pierre Degond

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0817682007

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In recent years kinetic theory has developed in many areas of the physical sciences and engineering, and has extended the borders of its traditional fields of application. This monograph is a self-contained presentation of such recently developed aspects of kinetic theory, as well as a comprehensive account of the fundamentals of the theory. Emphasizing modeling techniques and numerical methods, the book provides a unified treatment of kinetic equations not found in more focused works. Specific applications presented include plasma kinetic models, traffic flow models, granular media models, and coagulation-fragmentation problems. The work may be used for self-study, as a reference text, or in graduate-level courses in kinetic theory and its applications.

Waves And Stability In Continuous Media - Proceedings Of The 12th Conference On Wascom 2003
Waves And Stability In Continuous Media - Proceedings Of The 12th Conference On Wascom 2003

Author: Roberto Monaco

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2004-04-16

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 981448329X

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This book contains about 20 invited papers and 40 contributed papers in the research areas of theoretical continuum mechanics, kinetic theory and numerical applications of continuum mechanics. Collectively these papers give a good overview of the activities and developments in these fields in the last few years.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings)• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)• CC Proceedings — Engineering & Physical Sciences

Dynamic Response of Granular and Porous Materials under Large and Catastrophic Deformations
Dynamic Response of Granular and Porous Materials under Large and Catastrophic Deformations

Author: Kolumban Hutter

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-02-26

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 3540365656

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A "Sonderforschungsbereich" (SFB) is a programme of the "Deutsche For schungsgemeinschaft" to financially support a concentrated research effort of a number of scientists located principally at one University, Research La boratory or a number of these situated in close proximity to one another so that active interaction among individual scientists is easily possible. Such SFB are devoted to a topic, in our case "Deformation and Failure in Metallic and Granular M aterialK' , and financing is based on a peer reviewed proposal for three (now four) years with the intention of several prolongations after evaluation of intermediate progress and continuation reports. An SFB is terminated in general by a formal workshop, in which the state of the art of the achieved results is presented in oral or I and poster communications to which also guests are invited with whom the individual project investigators may have collaborated. Moreover, a research report in book form is produced in which a number of articles from these lectures are selected and collected, which present those research results that withstood a rigorous reviewing pro cess (with generally two or three referees). The theme deformation and failure of materials is presented here in two volumes of the Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics by Springer Verlag, and the present volume is devoted to granular and porous continua. The complementary volume (Lecture Notes in Applied and Com putational Mechanics, vol. 10, Eds. K. HUTTER & H.

Continuum Thermodynamics - Part Ii: Applications And Examples
Continuum Thermodynamics - Part Ii: Applications And Examples

Author: Krzysztof Wilmanski

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2014-11-12

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9814412392

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This second part of Continuum Thermodynamics is designed to match almost one-to-one the chapters of Part I. This is done so that the reader studying thermodynamics will have a deepened understanding of the subjects covered in Part I. The aims of the book are in particular: the illustration of basic features of some simple thermodynamical models such as ideal and viscous fluids, non-Newtonian fluids, nonlinear solids, interactions with electromagnetic fields, and diffusive porous materials. A further aim is the illustration of the above subjects by examples and simple solutions of initial and boundary problems as well as simple exercises to develop skills in the construction of interdisciplinary macroscopic models.