Friday, May 15, 2009

Using Shell or Disc Method to Find Volume of the Solid

Disc method and Shell(cylinder) method of integration are the two different methods of finding volume of solid of a revolution, using rectangular coordination system the functions are defined in terms of x in the below problem.

Topic : Disc or Cylinder Method of Finding Volume of the Sphere.
Problem : Use the disc or shell method to find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the regions bounded by the graphs of the equations about the specified line y = 8.
y=x3 y=0, x=2
Solution :
Here the solid is rotated along x-axis
y = x3 => x = (y)1/3

or x = y1/3

when y = 8, x = (8)1/3 = (23)1/3 = 23*1/3 = 2

So a = 0, b = 2

Volume of a Solid by rotating about y = 8 is given by:

V = 2π02(y)1/3 . y dy

= 2π02(y)4/3 dy

= 2π[y7/3/(7/3)0]2

= 2π[(2)7/3/(7/3)- (0)7/3/(7/3)]

= 2π[((27)1/3/(7/3)]

= 2π 3√(128)/(7/3)

= 6.3√(128)π/7

= 4.32π