title: Aspects of dissipation for compressible fluids and kinetic theory.
abstract: There are several types of dissipation--the viscosity and heat conductivity, the nonlinearity and the coupling of distinct characteristics--that can occur in the system of conservation laws. In addition to these corresponding types of dissipation, there are other consequences of the H-theorem and the boundary dissipative effects for the kinetic theory. We discuss these issues and raise questions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mathematics, , Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Tai-Ping
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Liu
keywords: dissipation; nonlinearity; shock waves