Wascom 99" 10th Conference on Waves and Stability in Continuous Media: Proceedings, Vulcano (Eolie Islands), Italy 7-12 June 1999

by Ciancio, Vincenzo; Donato, Andrea; Oliveri, Francesco; Rionero, Salvatore

• ISBN13: 9789810245405
• ISBN10: 9810245408
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Proceedings of WASCOM 99, Waves and Stability in Continuous Media, held in Vulcano, Eolie Islands, Italy, June 7-12, 1999. Includes coverage of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, lie group analysis, linear and nonlinear stability in fluid dynamics, and other topics. Halftone illustrations and figures.

Table of Contents

Dedication	v
Preface	vii
Conference Data	ix
Global Existence of Smooth Solutions of the Euler-Poisson Equations for Semiconductors	1	(8)
G. Ali D. Bini
S. Rionero
Shock Wave Structure Calculations with Extended Thermodynamics of Many Moments	9	(13)
J. Au
W. Weiss
Temperatures in a Rarefied Gas	22	(10)
E. Barbera
Coherent Structures and Scalar Fields Decomposition	32	(16)
M. Basutro
C. Tebaldi
Numerical Estimates of Maximum Wave Velocity in a Relativistic Rarefield Gas	48	(9)
F. Brini
Stability of Discontinuities in Polycrystals	57	(9)
M. Brocato
A. Ehrlacher
P. Tamagny
Some Nonlinear Stability Result for Bioconvection of Upswimming Cells	66	(11)
B. Buonomo
S. Rionero
Temperature Dependent Viscosity and Its Influence on the Onset of Convection in a Porous Medium	77	(9)
F. Capone
S. Rionero
A Hierarchy of Approximate Solutions in a Linear Elasticity Equlibrium Problem	86	(8)
S. Carillo
On the Linearization Procedure in Classical Thermoelasticity	94	(7)
V. Ciancio
V. A Cimmelli
P. Rogolino
On the Geometric Structure of Thermodynamic Spaces	101	(18)
V. Ciancio
M. Francaviglia
On a Class of Planer Discrete Velocity Models for Gas Mixtures	119	(9)
H. Cornille
C. Cercignani
Wave Solutions to the Multidimensional Flow of an Adiabatic Fluid	128	(9)
C. Curro
D. Fusco
On the Interdependence of Neighbouring Populations	137	(9)
E. G. D'Ambrogio
Theoretical and Numerical Comparison of Hydrodynamic Limits for Kinetic Equations with Elastic and Inelastic Scattering	146	(13)
L. Demeio
G. Grosali
Dissipative Structures Arising in Simple Materials Due to Finite Elastic-Plastic Deformations	159	(8)
M. Dolfin
M. Francaviglia
An Innovation Diffusion Model with Time Delay: Positive and Negative Word-of-Mouth	167	(11)
P. Fergola
C. Tenneriello
Z. Ma, F. Petrillo
Some Liapunov Functionals for Nonlinear Diffusion and Nonlinear Stability	178	(10)
J. N. Flavin
S. Rionero
New Symmetries for a Model of Waterflooding	188	(8)
M. L. Gandarias
On Interstitial Working in Granular Continuous Media	196	(13)
P. Giovine
M. P. Special
Rankine-Hugoniot Conditions for One-Entropy Two-Fluid Models	209	(10)
H. Gouin
S. Gavrilyuk
Classification of Invariant Solutions of the Full Boltzmann Equation	219	(15)
Y. N. Grigoryev
S. V. Meleshko
Mathematical Reality and Physical Reality in Continum Mechanics	234	(11)
G. Grioli
Stability in Extended Kinetic Theory	245	(12)
M. Groppi
G. Spiga
A Central Difference Scheme for a Hyperbolic Model Describing Phytoplankton Growth	257	(8)
A. Jannelli
Relaxation and the Chapman-Enskog Expansion	265	(7)
S. Jin
M. Slemrod
Approximate Identification of Boundary Properties in a Wave Equation by Optimal Control Techniques	272	(15)
S. Lenhart
V. Protopopescu
J. Yong
Comparison of Spherical harmonics and Moment Equations for Electrons in Semiconductors	287	(9)
S. F. Liotta
H. Struchtrup
On the Linear Benard Problem in Anisotropic MHD	296	(10)
M. Maiellaro
A. Labianca
Wave propagation in a Ferroelastic Body	306	(8)
B. T. Maruszewski
L. Restuccia
Numerical Simulations of a Photon Transport Problem in a Time Dependent Domain	314	(11)
R. Monaco
F. Salvarani
A. Belleni Mornate
Speeds of Propagation in Classical and Relativistic Extended Thermodynamics	325	(15)
I. Muller
Nonlinear Stability in Convection Problems for Different Prandtl Numbers	340	(14)
G. Mulone
Onsager Relations and Hydrodynamic Transport in a Submicron Silicon Diode	354	(9)
O. Muscato
On the Hyperbolicity of the Reactive Euler Equations Within Discrete Kinetic Theory	363	(8)
M. Pandolfi Bianchi
A. J. Soares
Modelling nonlinear Dispersive Waves	371	(11)
S. Perotto
On Some Open Problems in the Revised Enskog Equation for Dense Gases	382	(15)
J. Polewczak
Application of a New Minimax Principle to Shear Flow Problems	397	(8)
D. Reitebuch
Critical Perturbations and Nonlinear Stability in Fluid Mechanics	405	(16)
S. Rionero
An Application of Finite Strain Elastic-Plastic Theory	421	(5)
P. Rogolino
Maximum entropy Principle for Electron Transport in Semiconductors	426	(8)
V. Romano
On the Non-Linear Closure Problem of Moment Equations	434	(10)
T. Ruggeri
Some Exact Solutions to the Equations of Ideal Magneto-Gas-Dynamics	444	(9)
M. P. Speciale
F. Oliveri
Salinization and Pollution in Shallow Layers	453	(11)
B. Straughan
Maximum Entropy Principle for Hydrodynamic Transport in Semiconductors	464	(9)
M. Trovato
Dynamics of a Structured Predator-Prey Model	473	(7)
W. Wang
G. Mulone
F. Salemi
V. Salone
A New Minimax Principle for the Entropy Production	480	(9)
W. Weiss
Sound and Shock Waves in Porous and Granular Materials	489	(15)
K. Wilmanski
List of Participants	504