Linear homentropic acoustic equations

For perturbations $({\rho }^{\prime },p^{\prime },\mathbf{u})$ about a uniform fluid of density ${\rho }_0$, the linearized continuity equation, momentum equation, and homentropic pressure perturbation relation areFor irrotational flow $\mathbf{u}=\nabla \varphi$, they imply $p^{\prime }=-{\rho }_0{\varphi }_t$ and ${\varphi }_{tt}=c_0^2{\nabla }^2\varphi$.

Eliminating the velocity and density perturbations from the linear homentropic acoustic equations gives