Solution

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The applied pressure changes the dynamic condition to . For its specified spatial mode, the two amplitude equations become
When , the corresponding particular oscillation is
Free oscillations with amplitudes may be added. If the mode starts from rest at , its total amplitude instead is
Near resonance, the response grows too large for the linearization. At exact resonance the rest-start limit is , with secular growth. Dissipation or nonlinear effects would be required to limit it.

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