1. Introduction; 2. Selected basic flows and forces; Part I. Collision of Liquid Jets and Drops with a Dry Solid Wall: 3. Jet impact onto a solid wall; 4. Drop impact onto a dry solid wall; 5. Drop impact onto dry surfaces with complex morphology; Part II. Drop Impacts onto Liquid Surfaces: 6. Drop impacts with liquid pools and layers; Part III. Spray Formation and Impact onto Surfaces: 7. Drop and spray diagnostics; 8. Atomization and spray formation; 9. Spray impact; Part IV. Collisions of Solid Bodies with Liquid: 10. Rigid body collision with liquid surface; 11. Particle impact onto wetted wall; Part V. Solid - Solid Collisions: 12. Particle and long bar impact onto a rigid wall; 13. Shaped-charge (Munroe) jets and projectile penetration; 14. Fragmentation.

Alexander L. Yarin is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and a recipient of the Rashi Foundation Fellowship of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1992-5. His awards include the Gutwirth Award from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, the Hershel Rich Prize, and the Prize for Technological Development for Defense against Terror from the American Technion Society.

"A comprehensive account of the physical foundations of collision and impact phenomena and their applications in a multitude of engineering disciplines. In-depth explanations are included to reveal the unifying features of collision phenomena in both liquids and solids, and to apply them to disciplines including theoretical and applied mechanics, physics and applied mathematics, materials science, aerospace, mechanical and chemical engineering and terminal ballistics. Covering a range of examples from drops, jets and sprays, to seaplanes and ballistic projectiles, and detailing a variety of theoretical, numerical and experimental tools that can be used in developing new models and approaches, this is an ideal resource for students, researchers and practicing engineers alike"--