Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2009 / ib / Paper 4 / 18D / ii

The applied pressure changes the dynamic condition to ${\varphi }_t+g\eta =-p/\rho$. For its specified spatial mode, the two amplitude equations becomeWhen $\Omega \ne \omega$, the corresponding particular oscillation isFree oscillations with amplitudes $C\cos \omega t+D\sin \omega t$ may be added. If the mode starts from rest at $t=0$, its total amplitude instead isNear resonance, the response grows too large for the linearization. At exact resonance the rest-start limit is $A=(\epsilon h/2)(\omega t\cos \omega t-\sin \omega t)$, with secular growth. Dissipation or nonlinear effects would be required to limit it.