MATH31AWeek10

AgusSoenjaya(UCLAMath)
ApplicationsofIntegration(II)agus@math.ucla.edu
Asolidofrevolutionisasolidobtainedbyrotatingaregionintheplaneaboutanaxisofrotation.
Tofindthevolumeofthesolidofrevolutiongeneratedbyrotatingaregionbetween
and
over , aboutthexaxis,weusethefollowingdiskmethod.
(VolumeofRevolution:DiskMethod)Iffandgarecontinuous,and
,
0on , ,and
on , ,thenthevolumeofthesolidobtainedbyrotatingtheregionbetweenthegraphs
of
and
aboutthexaxisisgivenby
Volume

Notethatiftheaxisofrotationisnotthexaxis,butsomeotherhorizontalline,theformulaisstillthe
same,butyouneedtomodifytheexpressionforRouterandRinner.
Example:
FindthevolumeVobtainedbyrevolvingtheregionbetween
Solution:
Thegraphof

liesabovethegraphof

1aboutthexaxison 2,3

and

1.Thereforethevolumeisgivenby

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Example:
Findthevolumeofthesolidobtainedbyrotatingtheregionbetween
aboutthehorizontalline
3.

2and

Solution:
Firstsketchthetwographs,andfindthatthepointsofintersectionare
1.Notefromthegraph
that
3and
3.Thevolumeisthengivenby
3

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whichevaluatesto32 .
Thesametechniquesworkforcalculatingthevolumeofrevolutionwhentherotationaxisisvertical.
(VolumeofRevolution:DiskMethod)Iffandgarecontinuous,and
,
0on
, ,and
on , ,thenthevolumeofthesolidobtainedbyrotatingtheregion
betweenthegraphsof
and
abouttheyaxisisgivenby
Volume

Problems:
1. Findthevolumeofthesolidobtainedbyrotatingtheregionbetween
2andthexaxis
on 0,2 abouttheline
6.
2. Findthevolumeofthesolidobtainedbyrevolvingtheregionboundedbythegraphsof
sec
and
0on 0, /4 aboutthexaxis.
3. Findthevolumeofthesolidobtainedbyrotatingtheregionboundedbetweenthegraphsof

12 4 ,
8
12andtheyaxis,abouttheyaxis.

Anothertechniquetofindthevolumeofrevolutionisbyusingtheshellmethod.
(VolumeofRevolution:ShellMethod)Thesolidobtainedbyrotatingtheregionunder
theinterval , abouttheyaxishasvolume
Volume

radius height of the shell

over

Theshellmethodisoftenconvenienttoobtainthevolumeofrevolutionwhentheregionisrotated
abouttheyaxisandwhenthegraphisgivenas
.Diskmethodwouldrequirefinding
.
Ingeneral,usetheshellmethodiffindingtheshellheightiseasy,andusethediskmethodwhenfinding
thediskradiusiseasy(forsolidrotatedaboutaverticalaxis).
(VolumeofRevolution:ShellMethod)Thesolidobtainedbyrotatingtheregionbetweenthegraphsof
and
with
overtheinterval , abouttheyaxishasvolume
Volume

radius height of the shell

Example:
Findthevolumeobtainedbyrotatingtheregionboundedbythegraphsof
8
5
abouttheyaxis.
Solution:
First,sketchthetwographs.Theyintersectat
height of shell
Thevolumeisgivenby
2

10

1, 4.Foreachx,wehave
8
5
10
2

10
3

1
2

8
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Example:
Findthevolumeobtainedbyrotatingtheregionboundedbythegraphsof
and
2abouttheaxis
4.
Solution:
First,sketchthetwographs.Theyintersectat
andsothevolumeisgivenby

and

2and

Iftherotationisabouttheaxis

with
2

1.Foreachx,notethattheradiusoftheshellis4
2

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(Rotationaboutotherverticalaxis)Supposetheregiontoberotatedisboundedbetween
and
on , with
.Thentosummarizetheaboveexamples:
Iftherotationisabouttheaxis
with
,thentheradiusoftheshellis
,andso
2

,thentheradiusoftheshellis

,andso

Problems:
4. Findthevolumeofthesolidobtainedbyrotatingtheregionboundedby
xaxis,abouttheyaxis.

1|andthe