Dynamic Pressure Enhancement upon Disk Impact on a Boiling Liquid

Author(s): Yee Li (Ellis) Fan, Bernardo Palacios Muñiz, Nayoung Kim, and Devaraj van der Meer We experimentally investigate the impact of a flat, horizontal disk onto a boiling liquid, i.e., a liquid in thermal equilibrium with its vapor phase. We observe exceptionally high impact pressures deviating strongly from the inertial scaling found for impact in a noncondensable environment, coincid… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 234001] Published Mon Dec 01, 2025