TUTORIAL WEEK 11:

Multiple Integrals in Polar Coordinate & Its Engineering Application

1. In the following exercises, change the cartesian integral into an equivalent polar
coordinate integral. Then evaluate in terms of polar coordinate:
1 √1−𝑥 2 𝜋
a) ∫−1 ∫0 𝑑𝑦𝑑𝑥 Answer: 2

2 𝑥 4
b) ∫0 ∫0 𝑦 𝑑𝑦𝑑𝑥 Answer: 3

1 √1−𝑥 2 2
c) ∫−1 ∫−√1−𝑥2 𝑑𝑦𝑑𝑥 Answer: 𝜋
(1+𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 )2

𝑙𝑛 2 √(𝑙𝑛2)2 −𝑦 2 𝜋
d) ∫0 ∫0 𝑒√𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 𝑑𝑥𝑑𝑦 Answer: (2𝑙𝑛2 − 1)
2

2. Evaluate the ∬ 1 − 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 𝑑𝐴 using polar coordinates

𝑦2
3. Find the volume below 𝑧 = 𝑥 2 +𝑦 2, above xy-plane and between cylinder 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 1

𝑥2 + 𝑦2 = 2
Solution:

𝜃=2𝜋 𝑟=√2
∫ ∫ 𝑧 𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=1
 𝑦2 𝑦 2 𝑟 2 sin2 𝜃
𝑧= 2 = = = sin2 𝜃
𝑥 + 𝑦2 𝑟2 𝑟2
𝜃=2𝜋 𝑟=√2
∫ ∫ sin2 𝜃 𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=1

𝜃=2𝜋
𝑟2 𝑟 = √2
∫ ( sin2 𝜃) 𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 2 𝑟=1
=2𝜋
sin2 𝜃
∫ 𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 2

1 𝜃=2𝜋 1
∫ (1 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜃)𝑑𝜃
2 𝜃=0 2

1 𝜃=2𝜋
∫ (1 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜃)𝑑𝜃
4 𝜃=0
1 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝜃 𝜃 = 2𝜋
(𝜃 − )
4 2 𝜃=0
1
= (2𝜋)
4
𝝅
=
𝟐

4. Find the volume between the sphere 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 1 and the cone 𝑧 = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2

𝜋
Answer: 3 (2 − √2)

5. Volume is equal to area only if the height (z) is equal to 1. Find the area of ‘R’ where
‘R’ is the region bound by r=3 cos𝜃.
Solution:

How to sketch R region?

3 2 9
(𝑥 − ) + 𝑦 2 =
2 4
3
𝑥= ,𝑦 = 0
2
Volume = area when z =1. Hence, A= ∬ 𝑑𝐴
𝜋
𝜃= 𝑟=3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
2
2∫ ∫ 𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=0
𝜃=𝜋 𝑟=3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
=∫𝜃=0 ∫𝑟=0 𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃  if we set up like this, we will get cos 𝜃 = −1 and cos 0= 1. The
total will be 0.
𝜋
𝜃= 𝑟=3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
2
2∫ ∫ 𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=0
𝜋
𝜃=
2 𝑟2 𝑟 = 3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
= 2∫ 𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 2 𝑟=0
𝜋
𝜃=
=∫𝜃=02 9 cos2 𝜃 𝑑𝜃
𝜋
𝜃=
29
=∫ (1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜃)𝑑𝜃 = 𝟗𝝅/𝟒
𝜃=0 2

6. ∭ 𝑦 𝑑𝑉, a solid is bound by 𝑧 = 4 − 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 in the first octant (𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 0, 𝑧 =

𝑧 = 4 − 𝑥2 − 𝑦2
0 = 4 − 𝑥2 − 𝑦2
22 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 , 𝑟 = 2

𝜋
𝜃= 𝑟=2 𝑧=4−𝑥 2 −𝑦 2
2
=∫ ∫ ∫ 𝑦 𝑑𝑧 𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=0 𝑧=0
𝜋
𝜃= 𝑟=2
2 𝑧 = 4 − 𝑥2 − 𝑦2
=∫ ∫ 𝑦𝑧 𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=0 𝑧=0
𝜋
𝜃= 𝑟=2
2
=∫ ∫ (4 − 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 )𝑦 𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=0
𝜋
𝜃= 𝑟=2
2
=∫ ∫ (4 − 𝑟 2 )𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=0
 𝜋
𝜃= 𝑟=2
2
=∫ ∫ 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃. 𝑟 2 (4 − 𝑟 2 ) 𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=0
𝜋
𝜃= 𝑟=2
2
=∫ ∫ 4𝑟 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑟 4 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 𝑟=0
𝜋
𝜃=
2 4𝑟 3 𝑟5 𝑟=2
=∫ 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 3 5 𝑟=0
𝜋
𝜃=
2 32𝑟 3 32
=∫ 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑑𝜃
𝜃=0 3 5
32 32 𝜃=𝜋
=− 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
3 5 𝜃=0
𝟔𝟒
=
𝟏𝟓

7. Use cylindrical coordinates to find the volume of a curved wedge cut out from a
cylinder (𝑥 2 − 2)2 + 𝑦 2 = 4 by the planes 𝑧 = 0 z = 0 and 𝑧 = −𝑦.
 8. Consider the region E inside the right circular cylinder with equation r=2sinθ ,
bounded below by the rθ -plane and bounded above by the sphere with radius 4
centered at the origin. Set up a triple integral over this region with a function f(r,θ,z)
in cylindrical coordinates.

Answer:

9. Find the volume of solid bound by 𝑧 = 2 𝑎nd 𝑧 = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2

Solution:
10. Use spherical coordinates to find the volume of the region outside the sphere ρ = 2
cos(φ) and inside the sphere ρ = 2 with φ ∈ [0, π/2].
11. Given a solid bound by 𝑧 = 2 𝑎nd 𝑧 = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 , find the mass density if the mass
density is directly proportional to the square of the distance from origin.
12. Find the mass of ‘T’, 𝜌 (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑦, where T is region bound by 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑧 2 and
𝑦 = 4.