Advances in Kinetic Theory and Continuum Mechanics

I Classical Kinetic Theory and Fluid Dynamics.- Trend to Equilibrium in a Gas According to the Boltzmann Equation.- The Dirichlet Boundary Value Problem for B.G.K. Equation.- Asymptotic Theory of a Steady Flow of a Rarefied Gas Past Bodies for Small Knudsen Numbers.- Computation of Transitional Rarefied Flow.- Gas Flows Around the Condensed Phase with Strong Evaporation or Condensation - Fluid Dynamic Equation and Its Boundary Condition on the Interface and Their Application.- II Discrete Kinetic Theory.- Fluid Dynamic Limits of Discrete Velocity Kinetic Equations.- On the Euler Equation in Discrete Kinetic Theory.- Existence globale et diffusion en théorie cinétique discrète.- On the Cauchy Problem for the Semidiscrete Enskog Equation.- On Uniform Boundedness of Solutions to Discrete Velocity Models in Several Dimensions.- Temperature and Local Entropy Overshoots for the Second Fourteen-Velocity Cabannes Model.- A One Dimensional Lattice Boltzmann Equation with Galilean Invariance.- The Euler Description for a Class of Discrete Models of Gases with Multiple Collisions.- On the Semidiscrete Boltzmann Equation with Multiple Collisions.- A Discrete Velocity Model for Gases with Chemical Reactions of Dissociation and Recombination.- III Applied Fluid Mechanics.- Frozen and Equilibrium Speeds of Sound in Non-equilibrium Flows.- Nonlinear Propagation of Acoustic and Internal Waves in a Stratified Fluid.- A Higher Order Panel Method for Nonlinear Gravity Wave Simulation.- Numerical Reliability of MHD Flow Calculations at High Hartmann Numbers.- Interaction Between an Oblique Shock and a Detached Shock Upstream of a Cylinder in Supersonic Flow.- The Design of Super-Concorde and Space Vehicles Using Global Optimization Techniques.- IV Continuum Mechanics.- VibratingStrings with Obstacles: The Analytic Study.- Vibrations of Euler-Bernoulli Beams with Pointwise Obstacles.- Contribution to the Fracture Analysis of Composite Materials.- Homogenization Method Applied to Porous Media.- Modal Analysis of Flexible Multibody Systems.- Index of Contributors.