Numerical Investigation of Water Entry of Half Hydrophilic and Half Hydrophobic Spheres

Figure 9

Water entry of hydrophilic, hydrophobic, and half-half spheres all with the same impact speed = 2.37 m/s. The time interval between images is 14 ms.

(a) Hydrophilic sphere

(b) Hydrophobic sphere

(c) Half-half sphere