Stability of Thermodynamics Systems [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Meeting Held at Bellaterra School of Thermodynamics Autonomous University of Barcelona Bellaterra (Barcelona) Spain, September 1981 / edited by J. Casas-Vázquez, G. Lebon.

Thermodynamic theory of stability -- Mathematical methods in stability theory -- Some physical mechanisms of hydrodynamical instabilities -- Hydrodynamic fluctuations near the Rayleigh-Benard instability -- Some topics about the transition to turbulence -- Experimental aspects of the transition to turbulence in Rayleigh-Bénard convection -- Heat flux in convective instabilities -- Unstable flows of concentrated suspensions -- Dissipative structures and oscillations in reaction-diffusion models with or without time-delay -- Fluctuations in electromagnetic systems -- Instabilities in ecology -- Strange attractors.