Stability of Thermodynamics Systems : Proceedings of the Meeting Held at Bellaterra School of Thermodynamics Autonomous University of Barcelona Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain, September 1981

Thermodynamic theory of stability....Pages 1-40 Mathematical methods in stability theory....Pages 41-93 Some physical mechanisms of hydrodynamical instabilities....Pages 94-137 Hydrodynamic fluctuations near the Rayleigh-Benard instability....Pages 138-159 Some topics about the transition to turbulence....Pages 160-176 Experimental aspects of the transition to turbulence in Rayleigh-Bénard convection....Pages 177-191 Heat flux in convective instabilities....Pages 192-209 Unstable flows of concentrated suspensions....Pages 210-247 Dissipative structures and oscillations in reaction-diffusion models with or without time-delay....Pages 248-278 Fluctuations in electromagnetic systems....Pages 279-294 Instabilities in ecology....Pages 295-306 Strange attractors....Pages 307-321