Английская Википедия:Disc integration
Шаблон:Calculus Disc integration, also known in integral calculus as the disc method, is a method for calculating the volume of a solid of revolution of a solid-state material when integrating along an axis "parallel" to the axis of revolution. This method models the resulting three-dimensional shape as a stack of an infinite number of discs of varying radius and infinitesimal thickness. It is also possible to use the same principles with rings instead of discs (the "washer method") to obtain hollow solids of revolutions. This is in contrast to shell integration, which integrates along an axis perpendicular to the axis of revolution.
Definition
Function of Шаблон:Mvar
If the function to be revolved is a function of Шаблон:Mvar, the following integral represents the volume of the solid of revolution:
- <math>\pi\int_a^b R(x)^2\,dx</math>
where Шаблон:Math is the distance between the function and the axis of rotation. This works only if the axis of rotation is horizontal (example: Шаблон:Math or some other constant).
Function of Шаблон:Mvar
If the function to be revolved is a function of Шаблон:Mvar, the following integral will obtain the volume of the solid of revolution:
- <math>\pi\int_c^d R(y)^2\,dy</math>
where Шаблон:Math is the distance between the function and the axis of rotation. This works only if the axis of rotation is vertical (example: Шаблон:Math or some other constant).
Washer method
To obtain a hollow solid of revolution (the “washer method”), the procedure would be to take the volume of the inner solid of revolution and subtract it from the volume of the outer solid of revolution. This can be calculated in a single integral similar to the following:
- <math>\pi\int_a^b\left(R_\mathrm{O}(x)^2 - R_\mathrm{I}(x)^2\right)\,dx</math>
where Шаблон:Math is the function that is farthest from the axis of rotation and Шаблон:Math is the function that is closest to the axis of rotation. For example, the next figure shows the rotation along the Шаблон:Mvar-axis of the red "leaf" enclosed between the square-root and quadratic curves:
The volume of this solid is:
- <math>\pi\int_0^1\left(\left(\sqrt{x}\right)^2 - \left(x^2\right)^2 \right)\,dx\,.</math>
One should take caution not to evaluate the square of the difference of the two functions, but to evaluate the difference of the squares of the two functions.
- <math>R_\mathrm{O}(x)^2 - R_\mathrm{I}(x)^2 \neq \left(R_\mathrm{O}(x) - R_\mathrm{I}(x)\right)^2</math>
(This formula only works for revolutions about the Шаблон:Mvar-axis.)
To rotate about any horizontal axis, simply subtract from that axis from each formula. If Шаблон:Mvar is the value of a horizontal axis, then the volume equals
- <math>\pi\int_a^b\left(\left(h-R_\mathrm{O}(x)\right)^2 - \left(h-R_\mathrm{I}(x)\right)^2\right)\,dx\,.</math>
For example, to rotate the region between Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math along the axis Шаблон:Math, one would integrate as follows:
- <math>\pi\int_0^3\left(\left(4-\left(-2x+x^2\right)\right)^2 - (4-x)^2\right)\,dx\,.</math>
The bounds of integration are the zeros of the first equation minus the second. Note that when integrating along an axis other than the Шаблон:Mvar, the graph of the function that is farthest from the axis of rotation may not be that obvious. In the previous example, even though the graph of Шаблон:Math is, with respect to the x-axis, further up than the graph of Шаблон:Math, with respect to the axis of rotation the function Шаблон:Math is the inner function: its graph is closer to Шаблон:Math or the equation of the axis of rotation in the example.
The same idea can be applied to both the Шаблон:Mvar-axis and any other vertical axis. One simply must solve each equation for Шаблон:Mvar before one inserts them into the integration formula.
See also
References
- Шаблон:Cite web
- Шаблон:MathWorld
- Frank Ayres, Elliott Mendelson. Schaum's Outlines: Calculus. McGraw-Hill Professional 2008, Шаблон:ISBN. pp. 244–248 (Шаблон:Google books. Retrieved July 12, 2013.)
