Calculus Section 7.

2 Volume by Disk Method

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-Find the volume of a solid of revolution using the disk method

We have defined the integral of a function as a way to find the ______________________.

However, there are other applications of the integral. One application that is related to
area is finding the volume of a 3-dimensional surface.
If a region in the plane is revolved about a line, the resulting solid is called a solid of
w
revolution, and the line that it revolved around is called the axis of revolution.
For example, if you take a simple rectangle of height, R,
and width, w, you can create a disk through rotation.
The volume of this disk can be found by using:
Axis of
Volume of disk = (area of disk)(width of disk) revolution
= (R2)(w)
where R is the radius of the disk and w is the width.

We can extend this single disk to find the volume of a general solid of revolution.
Consider a solid of revolution formed by revolving a plane region around an axis. The
resulting figure is 3-dimensional and can be approximated using n disks of varying size.

Logically, this approximation becomes better as the limit of the width of each disk
approaches 0. This means that we could represent the volume of the shape by finding
the summation of all the disks; which means that an integral can do the same thing.
Known formula
Formula

Single Representative Disk

New Integration

The Disk Method

To find the volume of a solid of revolution with the disk method, use one of the following
formulas:
Horizontal Axis of Revolution
Vertical Axis of Revolution

Example) Using the Disk Method x-axis

Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region bounded by the graph of
f ( x ) sin x

and the x-axis from [0, ] about the x-axis.

Example) Using the Disk Method y-axis

Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region bounded by the graph of y =
x2 + 1 and the y-axis for 1 y 5 about the y-axis.

Example) Revolving About a Line That is Not a Coordinate Axis

f ( x) 2 x 2
Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region bounded by
g(x) = 1 about the line y = 1.

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