1

Write a triple integral in cylindrical coordinates for the volume of the solid cut from a ball of radius 2 by a cylinder of radius 1, one of whose rulings is a diameter of the ball.

I am unable to understand how to get $z=f(r,\theta)$ and the limits. Any help would be appreciated

2 Answers2

1

Hint:

The better way to solve this problems to use cylindrical coordinates.

The sphere of center $(0,0,0)$ and radius $2$ has equation: $r^2+z^2=4$ and, without loss of generality, we can assume that cylinder has the axis parallel to the $z$ axis , and center at $(0,1,0)$ and radius $1$ so it has equation: $r=2\sin \theta$. this means that the limits of the volume limited by the sphere and the cylinder are: $$ 0\le \theta \le 2\pi \qquad 0\le r \le 2 \sin \theta \qquad-\sqrt{4-r^2}\le z \le \sqrt{4-r^2} $$

so, using the symmetries of the figure, the volume is: $$ V=4 \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\int_0^{2\sin \theta}\int_0^{\sqrt{4-r^2}}rdzdrd\theta $$ where $rdzdrd\theta$ is the volume element in cylindrical coordinates.

can you do from this?

Emilio Novati
  • 62,675
-1

The equation for the ball is $$ x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 2^2 $$ and we have a cylinder inside this ball with radius 1, this would give the limits: $$ 0 \le r \le 1\\ 0 \le \theta \le 2\pi $$ since the radius is 1 and a cylinder has a circular bottom which is a "full lap" around the unit circle hence the $2\pi$ The height of the cylinder is $$ 4^2 - 2^2 = h^2 \Rightarrow h = \sqrt{12} $$ you can draw a rectangle inside a circle and get a triangle with cathetus 2 (radius = 1) and h (the unknown). The diagonal is the diameter of the circle which is 4. Since the cylinder is stationed in the origin, z has the limits $$-\frac{\sqrt{12}}{2} \le z \le\frac{\sqrt{12}}{2}$$ Which would give you the integral $$ \int_{\theta=0}^{2\pi} \int_{z=-\frac{\sqrt{12}}{2}}^{\frac{\sqrt{12}}{2}}\int_{r=0}^{1}(r^2 + z^2)r \cdot drdzd\theta $$ I might have made some mistake somewhere, but hope this helps you anyway!

Noxet
  • 760
  • There is more than one mistake in this answer. First, the "rulings" of a cylinder are on its surface, so the axis of the cylinder is at a distance $1$ from the axis of the sphere, not the same axis. Second, either the correct cylinder or the incorrect cylinder contains parts of the sphere with $z$ coordinates near $\pm 2$, and by integrating only over $\sqrt3 \leq z \leq\sqrt3$ much of the volume is not counted. – David K Sep 11 '15 at 13:43