Name: Anonymous 2009-05-05 21:39
Hey guys, its been over a year since I've taken Calc 3 and forget some things.
I'm trying to find the Center of Mass of an arbitrary half cone, and I figure I'm supposed to be doing triple integration with polar coordinates.
I just can't remember how I should be setting up my integrals.
Assuming the maximum radius is a, and the height is h, should it go something like this?
V=int(0,pi)int(0,a)int(r,a)r^3(dh)(dr)(dtheta)
and the CoM (along the y axis) is something along the lines of (int(0,pi)int(0,a)int(r,a)rsin(theta)r^3(dh)(dr)(dtheta))/V
Then I do similarly for the x and z axes?
I'm trying to find the Center of Mass of an arbitrary half cone, and I figure I'm supposed to be doing triple integration with polar coordinates.
I just can't remember how I should be setting up my integrals.
Assuming the maximum radius is a, and the height is h, should it go something like this?
V=int(0,pi)int(0,a)int(r,a)r^3(dh)(dr)(dtheta)
and the CoM (along the y axis) is something along the lines of (int(0,pi)int(0,a)int(r,a)rsin(theta)r^3(dh)(dr)(dtheta))/V
Then I do similarly for the x and z axes?