Machinery's Handbook 27th Edition

78 VOLUMES OF SOLIDS

Sphere:
4πr 3- = πd 3
--------- = 4.1888r 3 = 0.5236d 3
Volume = V = -----------
3 6
Surface area = A = 4πr 2 = πd 2 = 12.5664r 2 = 3.1416d 2
3V
r = 3 ------- = 0.6024 3 V
4π

Example: Find the volume and the surface of a sphere 6.5 centimeters diameter.
V = 0.5236d 3 = 0.5236 × 6.5 3 = 0.5236 × 6.5 × 6.5 × 6.5 = 143.79 cm 3
A = 3.1416d 2 = 3.1416 × 6.5 2 = 3.1416 × 6.5 × 6.5 = 132.73 cm 2
Example: The volume of a sphere is 64 cubic centimeters. Find its radius.
r = 0.6204 3 64 = 0.6204 × 4 = 2.4816 centimeters

Spherical Sector:
2πr 2 h- = 2.0944r 2 h = Volume
V = --------------
3
A = 3.1416r ( 2h + 1⁄2 c )
= total area of conical and spherical surface
c = 2 h ( 2r – h )

Example: Find the volume of a sector of a sphere 6 inches in diameter, the height h of the sector being
1.5 inch. Also find the length of chord c. Here r = 3 and h = 1.5.
V = 2.0944r 2 h = 2.0944 × 3 2 × 1.5 = 2.0944 × 9 × 1.5 = 28.27 cubic inches
c = 2 h ( 2r – h ) = 2 1.5 ( 2 × 3 – 1.5 ) = 2 6.75 = 2 × 2.598 = 5.196 inches

Spherical Segment:
V = volume A = area of spherical surface
2 2
V = 3.1416h 2 ⎛ r – h---⎞ = 3.1416h ⎛ c----- + h-----⎞
⎝ 3⎠ ⎝8 6⎠
c 2- + h 2⎞
A = 2πrh = 6.2832rh = 3.1416 ⎛⎝ ----
4 ⎠
2 + 4h 2
c = 2 h ( 2r – h ) ; r = c-------------------
-
8h

Example: A segment of a sphere has the following dimensions: h = 50 millimeters; c = 125 millime-
ters. Find the volume V and the radius of the sphere of which the segment is a part.
2 2
V = 3.1416 × 50 × ⎛ ---------- 50 -⎞ = 157.08 × ⎛ ---------------- 2500-⎞ = 372 ,247 mm 3 = 372 cm 3
125 15 ,625 + -----------
- + -------
⎝ 8 6 ⎠ ⎝ 8 6 ⎠
2 + 4 × 50 2
r = 125
----------------------------------- = 15 ,625 + 10 ,000- = 25
--------------------------------------- ,625 = 64 millimeters
----------------
8 × 50 400 400

Ellipsoid:
Volume = V = 4π
------abc = 4.1888abc
3
In an ellipsoid of revolution, or spheroid, where c = b:
V = 4.1888ab 2
Example: Find the volume of a spheroid in which a = 5, and
b = c = 1.5 inches.
V = 4.1888 × 5 × 1.5 2 = 47.124 cubic inches

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