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EX1401 Engineering Maths: Volume Integration

1. The document provides 5 calculus problems involving finding the volumes of solids obtained by rotating regions bounded by curves about axes. 2. The problems require setting up integrals to find the volumes, identifying the bounds of integration based on where the bounding curves intersect, and evaluating the integrals. 3. Formulas are provided for the general integral setup to find the volume of a solid of revolution using shells, with the circumference of the shell, the width of the shell, and the height given in terms of x and the bounding curves.

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EX1401 Engineering Maths: Volume Integration

1. The document provides 5 calculus problems involving finding the volumes of solids obtained by rotating regions bounded by curves about axes. 2. The problems require setting up integrals to find the volumes, identifying the bounds of integration based on where the bounding curves intersect, and evaluating the integrals. 3. Formulas are provided for the general integral setup to find the volume of a solid of revolution using shells, with the circumference of the shell, the width of the shell, and the height given in terms of x and the bounding curves.

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School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering

City University London


EX1401 Engineering Mathematics: Civil Engineering Part I
Professor Roger Crouch email: [email protected] room: C175

2014-15 Problem Sheet: Week XX


Calculus: Integration of Volumes of Revolution

Q1 Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating about the yaxis the region bounded by y = 2x2 x3
and y = 0.
We first note that y = 2x2 x3 crosses the x axis (that is, y = 0) at x = 0 and x = 2 (found from x3 = 2x2 ).
Thus we have found the x bounds for the integral.

height of shell
Z 2 z }| { Z 2
V = 2x
|{z} . (2x2 x3 ) .
dx
|{z} = 2 (2x3 x4 )dx
0 0
circumference of shell width of shell
 4 2
x5
   
x 32 32 160 64 2.96 188
V = 2 = 2 = 2 = = = 18.8
2 5 0 2 5 10 10 10 10

Q2 Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating about the yaxis the region between y = x and y = x2 .
Here we see that y = x2 intersects with y = x when x = 0 and x = 1. Thus we have found the x bounds for
the integral.

height of shell
Z 1 z }| { Z 1
V = 2x
|{z} . (x x2 ) . dx
|{z} = 2 (x2 x3 )dx
0 0
circumference of shell width of shell
 3 1
x4
 
x 1 1
V = 2 = 2 =
3 4 0 3 4 6

Q3 Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by y = x x2 and y = 0 about the
line x = 2. Here we see that y = x x2 intersects the xaxis when x = 0 and x = 1. Thus we have found the
x bounds for the integral.

height of shell
Z 1 z }| { Z 1
V = 2(2 x) . (x x2 ) .
dx
|{z} = 2 (2x 2x2 x2 + x3 )dx
0 | {z } 0
circumference of shell width of shell
Z 1 1
x4
  
2 3 2 3 1
V = 2 (2x 3x + x )dx = 2 x x + = 2 1 1 + =
0 4 0 4 2
Q4 Find the volume generated by rotating (about the yaxis) the region bounded by y = 1/x and y = 0 over
the range 1 x 2.
Here we are told that the x bounds are x = 1 and x = 2.
height of shell
Z 2
z}|{ Z 2
1
V = 2x . . dx = 2 (1)dx
1
|{z} x |{z}
1
circumference of shell width of shell

V = 2 [x]21 = 2 (2 1) = 2

Q5 Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by y = 4x x2 and y = 8x 2x2
about the line x = 2.
The curves intersect at x = 0 and x = 4. Thus we have found the x bounds for the integral.

height of shell
Z 4 z }| { Z 4
V = 2x
|{z} . (8x 2x2 ) (4x x2 ) .
dx
|{z} = 2 (4x x2 )dx
0 0
circumference of shell width of shell
4
x3
    
2 64 96 64 64
V = 2 2x = 2 32 = 2 =
3 0 3 3 3 3

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