Michael Stevenson

Calculus II
Project 1
Glass Project

I decided to choose a wine shaped glass that I divided up into 5 different
parts and equations to determine the amount of glass needed to make the glass. The
first 4 equations I used are all solid glass, while the last equation is hollow to be
filled with an amount of liquid. I originally set all my equations along the x-axis and
was going to rotate all them around the line y=-1, but then I found it easier to just
add 1 to each equation and rotate all of them around the x-axis.

In the first 4 equations I used the disk method on all of them, to figure out the
amount of glass for the all these parts. When using the disk method you take the
integral of the radius, which is the function, squared multiplied by pi on a given
interval.
The first equation is for the base of the glass that is mostly flat but curves
into the stem of the glass. So I picked an equation that crossed the y-axis at a
decently high point but then also reached the line y=1 rather fast as well. My
equation is:
Y=1/(x-.4)-.4 on the interval from 0 to 2.1
I choose 2.1 because that was where it crossed y=1
Using the disk method to find the volume I took the integral of this equation
squared multiplied by pi getting:
Pi times .16x-(1/x+.4)-.8ln(x+.4)+.64x
Solving it from 0 to 2.1 it = .96993 pi or = 3.04712 cm. cubed

The second equation was just the stem of the glass and is just a line to keep
the glass skinny and give it length. The equation is:
Y=1 on the interval from 2.1 to 3
Using the disk method I got:
Pi times x
Solving it from 2.1 to 3 it = .9 pi or = 2.82743 cm. cubed

My third equation is a bump in the stem giving it an oval look going up the
stem of the glass to give it a fancier look. My equation is:
Y=-(x-4)^2+2 on the interval from 3 to 5
After using disk method again:
Pi times (-1/3)x((x-12)x+42)
Solving it from 3 to 5 it = 10/3 pi or = 10.47197 cm. cubed

The fourth equation I choose was similar to my second one, in which it is a
line but this one is slanted outwards a little bit. The equation is:
Y= .5x-1.5 on the interval from 5 to 6
After using the disk method:
Pi times .25x^2-1.5x
Solving from 5 to 6 it = 1.25 pi or 3.92699 cm cubed

My last equation is for the part of the glass that holds the liquid so it is
hollow. To figure out the amount of glass for this part, you find the surface area and
multiply it by the thickness of the glass. And then to find the amount of liquid it can
hold, you just use the disk method. The last equation I used is:
Y=Log(x-5)+1.5 on the interval from 6 to 9
To find the surface area you have use its equation which is:
The integral of 2Pi multiplied by the function multiplied by the square root of
one plus the derivative of the function squared solved on its interval. When solving
this it became a huge mess and the equation was at least a page itself so I had to use
the computer to help me out but I got the answer = 48.69613. But I still had to
multiply the thickness of the glass and I roughly guessed a half-centimeter of
thickness. So I ended up getting = 24.34806 cm cubed.
Now to figure out the liquid it could contain I just used the disk method on
the equation:
After the disk method it = 16.98242 pi or = 53.35184 cm cubed of liquid

So after figuring out all the amounts of glass needed for each part
1
st
= 3.04712
2
nd
= 2.82743
3
rd
= 10.47197
4
th
= 3.92699
5
th
= 24.34806
All together I need 44.62157 cm cubed of glass but each unit is worth 2 cm, to
make it bigger and an accurate size, so I need 89.24314 cm cubed of glass to make
my glass and it can hold up to 106.70368 cm cubed of liquid.

I hope that my math skills showed and my product will make it into this
prestigious company. I can only hope to be employed in a company with an owner
like Professor Trautwein. Thank you..