InhaltsangabeA shape optimization problem in inverse acoustics.- On a variational equation for thin shells.- Oriented distance functions in shape analysis and optimization.- On the density of the range of the semigroup for semilinear heat equations.- Relaxation in semilinear infinite dimensional systems modeling fluid flow control problems.- Multidimensional inverse scattering problems in deterministic and random media.- Decay estimates for the wave equation.- Asymptotic behavior and attractors for nonlinear Von Kármán plate equations with boundary dissipation.- Stabilization of the Korteweg-De Vries equation on a periodic domain.- A note concerning boundary effects and long time vibrations of layered media.- On the linearised dynamics of linked mechanical structures.