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Appendix A  Formula bank
Overswill of a liquid
Figure 8.3 Conveyor belt in acceleration phase with a vessel filled with 
liquid
Height difference during acceleration: 
The value z indicates the height difference of the liquid level in a vessel of
length x accelerated at speed a. At the point of the lowest liquid level z is
always 0.
a Belt acceleration in m/s²
g Acceleration due to gravity in m/s²
x Coordinates in horizontal direction in m
z Coordinates in vertical direction in m
g
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