Nomenclature; 1. Basic Concepts and Scope of the Book; 2. Flow of a Single Particle; 3. Introduction to Contact and Impact Mechanics; 4. Tangential Contact; 5. Adhesion; 6. Coefficient of Restitution; 7. Heat Conduction Between Particles; 8. Hard-Sphere Model; 9. Discrete Particle Simulations: A Summary of The Model; 10. Multiphase Systems; Notes; References; Index.