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
       

Cooling process of a 400 °C sphere in 60 °C water at time t = 1.84, 30.07, 30.08, and 30.35 s after the sphere has immersed into water.