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6.3 Volumes by Cylindrical Shells

This section discusses using cylindrical shells to find the volume of solids of revolution. It provides examples of setting up integrals to calculate volumes of solids formed by rotating regions bounded by curves about lines using the cylindrical shell method.

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6.3 Volumes by Cylindrical Shells

This section discusses using cylindrical shells to find the volume of solids of revolution. It provides examples of setting up integrals to calculate volumes of solids formed by rotating regions bounded by curves about lines using the cylindrical shell method.

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6.3.

Volumes by Cylindrical Shells

6.3 Volumes by Cylindrical Shells

In this section, we learn another method to find the volume of a solid of revolution.
Instead of using disks or washers, we now use cylindrical shells. Rather than slicing
the shape into infinitesimal disks or washers perpendicular to the axis, the Shell
Method suggests a di↵erent strategy: envisioning the shape as composed of thin,
cylindrical shells wrapping symmetrically around the axis of rotation. By summing
the volumes of these shells, we obtain an accurate representation of the solid’s volume.

Example 6.14 Consider a single cylindrical shell (like the red shell shown below).
What is its volume?

Example 6.15 How can we relate the volume of the shells to a Riemann sum for the
volume of the solid?

Example 6.16 How can we relate our Riemann sum to an integral to find the volume
of the solid?

y = f (x)

| |
a b x

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Definition 6.4: Shell Method (w.r.t. x)

If the approximating rectangle for the region is vertical (so the width is x),
then : Z b
V = (circumference) (height) dx ,
a
where the circumference and height are in terms of x and a  x  b.

y = f (x)

| |
a b x

Example 6.17 Let S be the solid h pobtained


i by rotating the region below the curve
2
y = 6 sin (3x ) over the interval 0, ⇡/3 about the y axis. Use the shells to find
the volume V of S.

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Definition 6.5: Shell Method (w.r.t. y)

If the approximating rectangle for the region is vertical (so the width is y),
then : Z d
V = (circumference) (height) dy ,
c
where the circumference and height are in terms of y and c  y  d.

Example 6.18 Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume of the solid
obtained by rotating the region bounded by the given curves about the x axis:

xy = 7, x = 0, y = 7, y = 9.

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Example 6.19 Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume of the solid
obtained by rotating the region bounded by the given curves about the specified axis:

x = 8y 2 , y 0, x = 8; about y = 2 .

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Note 6.1: Surface of Revolution


Let R be a region that lies entirely on one side of a line, L. We may revolve
the region R about the line L to obtain a solid of revolution. Each point of
R is revolved around L so that the point always stays the same distance from
L, creating a circle with center on L and radius of the distance from L to that
point being revolved.

y = f (x) x = f (y)

Disk or Washer Method Shell Method


L is horizontal

Shell Method Disk or Washer Method


L is vertical

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Example 6.20 Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral used to find the volume of
the solid obtained by rotating the region about the specified line:

y = ln(x) , y = 0, x = e2 ; about x = 1 .

Example 6.21 Using another method, set up, but do not evaluate, another integral
used to find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region about the specified
line:
y = ln(x) , y = 0 , x = e2 ; about x = 1 .

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6.3. Volumes by Cylindrical Shells

Example 6.22 Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral used to find the volume of
the solid obtained by rotating the region about the specified line:

y = ln(x) , y = 0, x = e2 ; about y = 2 .

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Example 6.23 Consider a sphere of radius R which started filling with rain water.
If the water-level height at the bottom of the sphere is h units high, show that the
volume of water in the sphere is:
1
V = ⇡ h2 (3R h) .
3
You may consider either figure– they’re the same, just flipped for convenience– and
you may use any method to find the volume.

x
R

m
y

x
R

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6.3.1 Section Recap

What are some take-away concepts from this section?

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