Volume of solid Definition and 77 Threads

In mathematics, engineering, and manufacturing, a solid of revolution is a solid figure obtained by rotating a plane curve around some straight line (the axis of revolution) that lies on the same plane.
Assuming that the curve does not cross the axis, the solid's volume is equal to the length of the circle described by the figure's centroid multiplied by the figure's area (Pappus's second centroid Theorem).
A representative disc is a three-dimensional volume element of a solid of revolution. The element is created by rotating a line segment (of length w) around some axis (located r units away), so that a cylindrical volume of πr2w units is enclosed.

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  1. S

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  2. PeroK

    I Volume of Solid of Revolution (About the line y = x)

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  3. brotherbobby

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  4. W

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  5. O

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  6. C

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  7. C

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  8. S

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  9. M

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  10. L

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  11. B

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  12. K

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  13. veronica1999

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  14. J

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  15. C

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  16. S

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  17. sheldonrocks97

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  18. C

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  19. M

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  20. P

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  21. L

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  22. I

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  23. J

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  24. P

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  25. M

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  26. twoski

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  27. O

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  28. L

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  29. W

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  30. W

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  31. M

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  32. D

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  33. D

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  34. C

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  35. 2

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  36. I

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  37. T

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  38. E

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  39. V

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  40. R

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  41. R

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  42. P

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  43. B

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  44. K

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  45. M

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  46. S

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  47. Y

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  48. D

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  49. L

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  50. Z

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