Cylinders and Circular Solids — Worked Examples

These examples emphasize the distinction between perpendicular height, lateral-edge length, internal capacity, shell material volume, and the geometric assumptions behind specialized cut-cylinder formulas.

Example 1: Internal volume of a cylindrical pipe

A circular pipe has internal radius 0.200 m0.200\,\text{m} and length 10.0 m10.0\,\text{m}. Determine the internal geometric volume.

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Example 2: Total surface area of a closed cylinder

A closed cylindrical steel tank has radius 3.00 m3.00\,\text{m} and height 8.00 m8.00\,\text{m}. Determine the total geometric surface area.

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Example 3: Diameter from cylinder capacity

A cylindrical reservoir holds 500 m3500\,\text{m}^3 when full. Its perpendicular height is 10.0 m10.0\,\text{m}. Determine the required internal diameter.

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Example 4: Material volume of a hollow cylinder

A steel pipe is 6.00 m6.00\,\text{m} long with outer radius R=0.300 mR=0.300\,\text{m} and inner radius r=0.260 mr=0.260\,\text{m}. Determine the steel volume.

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Example 5: Mass of the pipe wall

Use the pipe from Example 4. If steel density is 7850 kg/m37850\,\text{kg/m}^3, estimate its mass.

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Example 6: Oblique cylinder volume

An oblique circular cylinder has base radius 2.50 m2.50\,\text{m}, perpendicular height 7.00 m7.00\,\text{m}, and generator length 8.20 m8.20\,\text{m}. Determine its volume.

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Example 7: Oblique-cylinder lateral area from a right section

An oblique cylinder has generator length Le=8.00 mL_e=8.00\,\text{m}. A section perpendicular to the generators has perimeter PR=11.5 mP_R=11.5\,\text{m}. Determine the lateral area.

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Example 8: Cylinder cut by an inclined plane

A right circular cylinder of radius 2.00 m2.00\,\text{m} is cut by a plane so the minimum and maximum heights above the base are 3.00 m3.00\,\text{m} and 7.00 m7.00\,\text{m}. Determine the retained volume under the planar cut.

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Example 9: Standard cylindrical ungula volume and complete surface inventory

For the standard cylindrical ungula geometry taught in the lesson, let cylinder radius be r=3.00 mr=3.00\,\text{m} and maximum cut height be h=4.00 mh=4.00\,\text{m}. Determine its volume, curved cylindrical area, semicircular base area, inclined planar area, and total area.

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Example 10: Paraboloid of revolution

A paraboloid of revolution has base radius 4.00 m4.00\,\text{m} and height 6.00 m6.00\,\text{m}. Determine its volume and compare it with the circumscribing cylinder.

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Example 11: Cone versus cylinder volume

A right cone and a cylinder each have radius 2.00 m2.00\,\text{m} and height 9.00 m9.00\,\text{m}. Compare their volumes.

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Example 12: Uniformly scale a cylindrical tank

A geometrically similar cylindrical tank is built with every linear dimension 1.251.25 times the original. If the original total surface area is 80.0 m280.0\,\text{m}^2 and volume is 50.0 m350.0\,\text{m}^3, determine the new values.

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Cylinder and cut-solid calculation check

The planar-cut and ungula shortcuts apply only to the stated geometries. For oblique cylinders, use perpendicular height for volume and the right-section perimeter with generator length for lateral area. Keep internal void volume separate from wall-material volume, and inventory every exposed face separately when a cut solid asks for total area.