Volume of a spherical cap

ID: volume-of-a-spherical-cap

For a solid spherical cap of height cut from a sphere of radius ,
Centre the sphere at the origin with the cap on the side . Its cross-section at height is a circle of squared radius . A volume integral in cylindrical coordinates gives
The formula includes caps larger than a hemisphere, when , and the whole solid sphere, when . For the retained region with , set to obtain . Multiplying by uniform mass density gives its mass.

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