Re: Q: Function for volume calculation
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- Subject: [mg5531] Re: [mg5515] Q: Function for volume calculation
- From: b5hafa at rz.uni-jena.de (Fabian Haas)
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 01:02:31 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Pierre Awaragi <apierre at EE.McGill.CA> wrote:
>Hi,
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>Does anyone have an idea on how to calculate the volume restricted by a
>surface (or already have build a function for it).=20
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>What I am basically have is a two variables (r and z) in the form F(r, z)
>=3D 0 where F is a polynomial of degree 32 for z and degree 16 for r. Z is
>the Z-axis variable and r is the radius (x^2 + y^2) and this basically
>will have a symmetrical form around the z-axis. In other words, the
>polynomial will be a line in the z-r or z-x plane and then this connected
>line will revolute around z (a complete circle), I need to calculate its
>volume. This is in the purpose of calculating the workspace of a robot.=20
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>Please need help and would appreciate your time.
>Can you please send your suggestions by email.
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>Thank you.
>Pierre Awaragi.
Hi, something that might work.
There is a method of calculationg the volume of rotated curves, something=
like 2*Pi*Intergal or so. It is not terribly sophisticated we had it in sch=
ool.
There is also a package, I think of Tom Wickham Jones: Mathematic Graphics=
which will show the Surface of Revolution. It is available in MathSource.=
and might help.
=46abian
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