Jörg Steinbach Knihy

Der anhaltende Flüchtlingszustrom gehört zu den größten Herausforderungen, vor denen die EU und ihre Mitgliedstaaten bislang standen. Um die Probleme zu bewältigen, gibt es nicht nur wichtige Rechtsfragen, sondern auch grundlegende gesellschaftspolitische und soziale Fragen zu klären. Mit Fokus auf Deutschland, insbesondere auf Brandenburg, sind Vertreter der Rechtswissenschaft, Politik und Verwaltung diesen Fragen auf einem Symposium der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg am 18. Mai 2016 nachgegangen - die Ergebnisse sind in diesem Band zusammengefasst. Mit Vorträgen von Hans-Jürgen Papier Asyl und Migration als Herausforderung für Staat und EU und Ulrich Battis Die Migrationskrise -- Blick zurück und weiteres Vorgehen sowie Stellungnahmen aus Politik und Verwaltung.

Since the early 1960s, the mathematical theory of variational inequalities has rapidly evolved, influenced by real-life applications and complex analysis. Many moving free boundary problems from engineering and economics can be formulated as variational inequalities, either directly or through transformations. This work investigates an evolutionary variational inequality with a memory term, resulting from applying such a transformation to a degenerate moving free boundary problem. The study encompasses mathematical modeling, existence, uniqueness, and regularity results, alongside numerical analysis of finite element and finite volume approximations, and numerical simulations for applications in polymer processing. Key aspects of this research were developed during my time at the Chair of Applied Mathematics (LAM) at the Technical University of Munich. I am deeply grateful to K.-H. Hoffmann, head of the chair and current scientific director of the Center of Advanced European Studies and Research (caesar), for his encouragement and support. This work reflects a broader concept of Applied Mathematics that he inspired in me, integrating mathematical modeling, analysis, computational methods, and visualization of simulation outcomes.

In spite of the good safety records of chemical plants many people regard chemical production as dangerous because of a few major accidents that have occurred. A knowledge of at least the fundamentals of chemical safety technology is indispensable for chemists and engineers working in chemical industry. The increasingly stringent legal and administrative requirements can only be answered by more highly qualified employees. This book combines the author's experience of 15 years of research in the field of chemical safety and 10 years in the chemical industry. It provides newcomers with an easy access to the field and helps practitioners in the chemical industry to answer all questions concerning their daily work with hazardous materials or potentially dangerous chemical plants. The investigation of risks, and preventive measures to be taken to minimize the probability of an accident, as well as its consequences are explained.