Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2001 iii Paper 50 5 b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
With a mass source, the continuity equation becomes . If the conservative momentum equation has no added source, repeating the elimination gives the mass-injection term in the acoustic analogy:More generally, injection can carry momentum. If its momentum source is , the additional term is ; prescribing alone does not determine this dipole contribution. The displayed monopole formula assumes no separately imposed momentum source.
Let be the total mass rate. Convolution with the retarded acoustic Green function, followed by the acoustic compact-source approximation, gives the extra acoustic monopoleThe stress quadrupole from the preceding part remains present. If required, a compact injected momentum rate adds the dipole .
A small pulsating bubble displaces liquid with volume flux and acts acoustically like a mass rate . Spherical symmetry makes this a monopole, withFor volume oscillation , the density amplitude is . At fixed volume-displacement amplitude, it scales as . Holding volume-flux amplitude fixed would instead give an scaling. The bubble must remain small compared with the wavelength, and a frequency-dependent dynamical bubble amplitude is a separate effect.