MATH2019 PROBLEM CLASS

EXAMPLES 5
DOUBLE INTEGRALS
APPLICATIONS AND POLAR COORDINATES
1997 1. Evaluate the following integral by changing to polar coordinates:
I =

1
x=

2/2

1x
2
y=0
dy dx .
1998 2. a) Dene
V =

1
0

1x
0
(4 x 2y) dy dx .
i) Evalulate V .
ii) V represents the volume of a certain solid. Describe the shape of that solid.
b) An annular washer of constant surface density occupies the region between the
circles
x
2
+ y
2
= a
2
and x
2
+ y
2
= b
2
where b > a .
Find the moment of inertia of the washer about the x-axis.
c) A moving particle has coordinates
x = a sin , y = a(1 cos ) , z = t
where = b sin wt. In these expressions t is time and a, b, w are all positive constants.
Find the velocity and hence the speed of the particle as a function of time.
1999 3. a) Find the y coordinate of the centre of mass of a thin plate bounded by the curves
y = 2x, y = x
2
in the rst quadrant, where the density is given by (x, y) = xy.
b) The moment of inertia about the x axis of a region of the xy-plane is given by
I
x
=

2
0

y
0
y
2
(x, y) dx dy +

4y
2
0
y
2
(x, y) dx dy
where (x, y) is the surface density.
i) Sketch the region such that
I
x
=

y
2
(x, y) dA.
ii) Express I
x
as an integral where the y integration is done rst.
iii) By transforming to polar coordinates, or otherwise, nd I
x
when (x, y) = 1.
2000 4. A lamina bounded by y = 2

x and y = 2 between x = 0 and x = 1 has density given by

= xy
i) Sketch the lamina
ii) Calculate the co-ordinates of the centre of mass of the lamina.