The thin-wall Moens–Korteweg relation gives C≈√(Et/(ρD)), A. It predicts faster waves in stiffer or thicker walls and slower waves with greater fluid inertia or vessel diameter. Its units reduce to speed: Et/(ρD) has dimensions length squared over time squared.
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