Name: disk method for rotated region volume
Uploaded: 2026-01-12T12:24:09.000Z
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Channel: JoVE

不規則な形状の物体の体積は、回転立体の概念を用いて正確に決定できます。例えば、二次元平面上の曲率関数を考えます。この曲線をx軸に回転させることで、回転立体として知られる対称的な三次元形状が生成されます。この地域が回る線が自転軸です。領域が軸に真っ直ぐ向にある場合、固体の円形断面が形成されます。このような固体の体積を求めるには、ディスク法が用いられます。この方法は、固体を軸に対して垂直な薄いスライスに分割します。各スライスは、軸から曲線までの距離に等しい小さな幅と半径を持つ円盤となります。各円盤の体積は、その面積に厚さを掛けて得られます。固体の総体積は、形成されたすべての円盤の体積の合計で近似されます。円盤の数が増え、その厚さがゼロに近づくと、与えられた区間における断面積の定積分に和移り、正確な体積が得られます。積分変数と半径の式は軸の向きに依存します。

回転体の体積

Volumes of Solids of Revolution

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Calculus

微積分学

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単位

Applications of Integration

積分の応用

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

主要用語と概念

disk method for rotated region volume

The disk method is used to find the volume of a solid formed by rotating a region around an axis. The region is first drawn in a two-dimensional plane. When that region spins around a fixed line, called the axis of revolution, it creates a three-dimensional shape with rotational symmetry. These shapes appear often in math models, physics, and engineering.

When the region touches the axis of revolution, the solid has no hollow space inside. Its cross-sections are circular, so the shape can be broken into many thin disks. Each disk is taken perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The radius of each disk comes from the distance between the axis and the curve at that point.

Each disk has a small thickness and a circular area. Its volume can be estimated by multiplying that area by the thickness. One disk gives only an approximation, but many disks together give a close model of the whole solid. As the slices become thinner and more numerous, the estimate becomes more accurate.

In the limit, this sum of disk volumes becomes an exact volume through definite integration. The integral adds the cross-sectional areas along the length of the solid. The variable of integration and the radius expression depend on whether the axis of rotation is horizontal or vertical. This method is a key idea in calculus for finding the volume of smooth, rotated shapes.

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key terms and concepts

Learn how the disk method finds the volume of a solid of revolution by slicing a rotated region into thin disks and using definite integration.

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Disk Method for Rotated Region Volume

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