 Radially symmetric incompressible flow in a planar annulus (source code)

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= Radially symmetric incompressible flow in a planar annulus

For liquid occupying $a(t)<r<b(t)$, radial symmetry and <incompressible flow> imply
$$
u_r(r,t)=\frac{a\dot a}{r},
\qquad
\phi(r,t)=a\dot a\log r+C(t).
$$
The <kinematic boundary condition> at the outer interface gives
$$
b^2-a^2=\text{constant},
$$
which expresses conservation of the liquid's area.

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