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Lecture 4.5.3 The Shell Method

The document describes using the shell method to find the volume of a solid obtained by rotating a region about an axis. It provides an example of using vertical strips and calculating the volume of each thin cylindrical shell to find the total volume. The key aspects of the shell method are using cylindrical shells with circumference × height × thickness, and integrating their volumes from the inner radius to the outer radius.

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Lecture 4.5.3 The Shell Method

The document describes using the shell method to find the volume of a solid obtained by rotating a region about an axis. It provides an example of using vertical strips and calculating the volume of each thin cylindrical shell to find the total volume. The key aspects of the shell method are using cylindrical shells with circumference × height × thickness, and integrating their volumes from the inner radius to the outer radius.

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4.5.

3 The Shell Method


5
1 4   y of
Find the volume 1 dy
the 4region

bounded by y  x  1 , x  2 ,
2

and y  0  revolved
5
5  y dy  4about
 the y-
y  x2  1 1
axis.
5
 1 
 5 y  y 2   4
 2 1

We can use the washer method ifwe split


25  itinto1 two
  parts:
  25     5     4
y 1  x 2
x  y 1  2   2 

 25 9 
 
5 2
 2  2
y  1 dy    2 12
     4
1  2 2
inner cylinder
outer 16
radius   4
radius 2
thickness
Japanese Spider Crab of slice
Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta 8  4  12

Here is another
y  x2  1 way we could
approach this
problem:

cross section

If we take a vertical slice and revolve it about the y-axis


we get a cylinder.

If we add all of the cylinders together, we can reconstruct


the original object.


y  x2  1

cross section
The volume of a thin, hollow cylinder is given by:
Lateral surface area of cylinder  thickness
 circumference  height  thickness
=2 r  h  thickness r is the x value of the function.
=2 x  x 2  1 dx h is the y value of the function.
thickness is dx.
r h
circumference thickness 
This is called the
y  x2  1 shell method
because we use
cylindrical shells.

cross section

If we add all the cylinders from the


smallest to the largest:
 
2
0
2 x x 2  1 dx
=2 r  h  thickness
2  4  2
2
2  x3  x dx
=2 x  x 2  1 dx 0
2
1 4 1 2 12
r h 2  x  x 
4 2 0
circumference thickness 
Find the volume generated
when this shape is revolved
about the y axis.

4 2
y
9
x  10 x  16 

We can’t solve for x,


so we can’t use a
horizontal slice
directly.


If we take a
vertical slice
and revolve it
about the y-axis
we get a cylinder.
4 2
y x  10 x  16 
Shell method: 9

Lateral surface area of cylinder


=circumference  height
=2 r  h
Volume of thin cylinder  2 r  h  dx


4 2
Volume of thin cylinder  2 r  h  dx y
9
x  10 x  16 
 4 2 
 
8
2 2 x  9 x  10 x  16  dx  160
r  502.655 cm3
circumference h thickness

Note: When entering this into the calculator, be sure to enter


the multiplication symbol before the parenthesis.

When the strip is parallel to the axis of rotation, use the
shell method.

When the strip is perpendicular to the axis of rotation,


use the washer method.

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