Properties and Shapes

A CYLINDER
A cylinder is a three-dimensional solid figure A cylinder has two
flat ends in the shape of circles. These two faces are connected by a
curved face that looks like a tube. If you make a flat net for a
cylinder, it looks like a rectangle with a circle attached at each end.
Cylinder Definition
The line passing from the center or joining
the centers of two circular bases is called
the axis of the cylinder shape.
The distance between the two bases is
called perpendicular distance and is
represented as height, “h”. The two
circular bases have a distance from the
center to the outer boundary which is
known as the radius of the cylinder,
represented by “r”. The cylinder is a
combination of 2 circles + 1 rectangle.
Look at the given image showing the
formation of the cylinder shape.
 
 Types of Cylinder

Right Circular Cylinder Oblique Cylinder Elliptic Cylinder Right Circular Hollow
Cylinder or
Cylindrical Shell
properties of a cylinder shape

1. A cylinder has one curved surface and two flat faces which are
identical.
2. The two circular bases are congruent to each other.
3. Its size depends on the radius of the base and the height of the curved
surface.
4. Unlike a cone, cube, or cuboid, a cylinder does not have any vertex.
It means there is no specific corner present in the cylinder.
5. The base and the top of the cylinder are identical, i.e it has the same
base—either circular or elliptical.
Formulas of
Cylinder
Every three-dimensional geometric figure has 2 major formulas, surface
area, and volume. Likewise, the cylinder has three major formulas related
to its surface areas and volume.
 Example

Concret Buis Pisa Tower Roll of Glass wool steel