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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

Close-up cavity images at depth H = R₀, and (a) V₀ = 5.6 m/s, T_w = 30 °C, and T_s = 30 °C; (b) V₀ = 1.2 m/s, T_w = 30 °C, and T_s = 200 °C, a case shown by Fig. 2(b); (c) V₀ = 1.2 m/s, T_w = 95 °C, and T_s = 500 °C, a case shown by Fig. 4.