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Cavity formation during water entry of heated spheres**

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11672094).

Li Jia-Chuan, Wei Ying-Jie^†, Wang Cong, Xia Wei-Xue

Broken cavities at depth H = 8R₀ for (a) T_w = 30 °C, T_s = 350 °C, and V₀ = 5.6 m/s, (b) T_w = 30 °C, T_s = 450 °C, and V₀ = 3.4 m/s, (c) T_w = 60 °C, T_s = 400 °C and V₀ = 3.4 m/s, and (d) T_w = 60 °C, T_s = 450 °C, and V₀ = 5.6 m/s.