School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering

City University London

EX1401 Engineering Mathematics: Civil Engineering Part I
Professor Roger Crouch email: rogercrouch@city.ac.uk room: C175

2014-15 Problem Sheet: Week XX

Calculus: Integration of Volumes of Revolution

Q1 Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating about the yaxis the region bounded by y = 2x2 x3
and y = 0.
We first note that y = 2x2 x3 crosses the x axis (that is, y = 0) at x = 0 and x = 2 (found from x3 = 2x2 ).
Thus we have found the x bounds for the integral.

height of shell
Z 2 z }| { Z 2
V = 2x
|{z} . (2x2 x3 ) .
dx
|{z} = 2 (2x3 x4 )dx
0 0
circumference of shell width of shell
 4 2
x5
   
x 32 32 160 64 2.96 188
V = 2 = 2 = 2 = = = 18.8
2 5 0 2 5 10 10 10 10

Q2 Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating about the yaxis the region between y = x and y = x2 .
Here we see that y = x2 intersects with y = x when x = 0 and x = 1. Thus we have found the x bounds for
the integral.

height of shell
Z 1 z }| { Z 1
V = 2x
|{z} . (x x2 ) . dx
|{z} = 2 (x2 x3 )dx
0 0
circumference of shell width of shell
 3 1
x4
 
x 1 1
V = 2 = 2 =
3 4 0 3 4 6

Q3 Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by y = x x2 and y = 0 about the
line x = 2. Here we see that y = x x2 intersects the xaxis when x = 0 and x = 1. Thus we have found the
x bounds for the integral.

height of shell
Z 1 z }| { Z 1
V = 2(2 x) . (x x2 ) .
dx
|{z} = 2 (2x 2x2 x2 + x3 )dx
0 | {z } 0
circumference of shell width of shell
Z 1 1
x4
  
2 3 2 3 1
V = 2 (2x 3x + x )dx = 2 x x + = 2 1 1 + =
0 4 0 4 2
Q4 Find the volume generated by rotating (about the yaxis) the region bounded by y = 1/x and y = 0 over
the range 1 x 2.
Here we are told that the x bounds are x = 1 and x = 2.
height of shell
Z 2
z}|{ Z 2
1
V = 2x . . dx = 2 (1)dx
1
|{z} x |{z}
1
circumference of shell width of shell

V = 2 [x]21 = 2 (2 1) = 2

Q5 Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by y = 4x x2 and y = 8x 2x2
about the line x = 2.
The curves intersect at x = 0 and x = 4. Thus we have found the x bounds for the integral.

height of shell
Z 4 z }| { Z 4
V = 2x
|{z} . (8x 2x2 ) (4x x2 ) .
dx
|{z} = 2 (4x x2 )dx
0 0
circumference of shell width of shell
4
x3
    
2 64 96 64 64
V = 2 2x = 2 32 = 2 =
3 0 3 3 3 3