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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ib Paper 2 16C a Solution by
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Equation (1) is Laplace equation for the velocity potential. It expresses incompressibility, , together with . Equation (2) is the linearized dynamic free-surface condition: the unsteady Bernoulli equation and constant atmospheric pressure balance the potential acceleration against the gravitational restoring term . Equation (3), with the printed understood as , is the kinematic free-surface condition: the surface moves with the vertical fluid velocity. Equations (4) and (5) are no-penetration boundary conditions at the rigid bottom and cylindrical sidewall, respectively.
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