Double integral-Surface area

[IniquiTrance]

For a cylinder oriented along the z axis, of radius 3:

x2 + y2 = 9
-4 <= z <= 4

y(x, z) = ±√(9 - x2)

G(x, y, z) = ±√(9 - x2) - y(x,z) = 0


I am trying to set up a double integral to calculate surface area along the sides of the cylinder.

In rectangular coordinates:

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How would I do this in cylindrical co-ordinates?

Thanks!

 

[HallsofIvy]

In cylindrical coordinates x²+ y²= 9 becomes just r²= 9 or r= 3.

The lateral surface of the cylinder is given by r= <x, y, z>= <3 cos(theta), r sin(theta), z>. r_theta= <-3sin(theta), 3cos(theta), 0>, and r_z= <0, 0, 1>. The cross product of those is <3cos(theta), 3sin(theta), 0>, which has length 3, so the differential of surface area is 3 dtheta dz. Integrate that for theta from 0 to 2pi and z from -4 to 4.

 

[IniquiTrance]

Awesome, I see. Thanks!

 

[HallsofIvy]

A cylinder is, by the way, a "developable surface"- you could cut it along a vertical line and flatten it out. Since a circle of radus 3 have circumference 18\pi, doing that to the cylinder from -4 to 4 would give a rectangle with width 18\pi and height 8. Its area is 144\pi.