Assist.

Lecturer Hasan Al-Assady

Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces

Cylinders
A cylinder is a surface that is generated by moving a straight line along a given
planar curve while holding the line parallel to a given fixed line.
- The curve is called a generating curve for the cylinder
Example
Find an equation for the cylinder made by the lines parallel to the z-axis that pass
through the parabola y = x2, z = 0
solution:
The point P(a, a2, 0) lies on the parabola y = x2 in the xyplane. Then, for any value of z,
the point Q(a, a2, z) lies on the cylinder because it lies on
the line x = a, y = a2 through P parallel to the z-axis.
Therefore, the points on the surface are the points whose
coordinates satisfy the equation y = x2
This makes y = x2 be an equation for the cylinder, so we call the cylinder y = x2.
QUADRIC SURFACES
A quadric surface is the graph in space of a second-degree equation in x, y, and z.
We fucus on the special equation (Ax2 +By2 + Cz2 + Dz = E)
where A, B, C, D, and E are constants.
- The basic quadric surfaces are ellipsoids, paraboloids, elliptical cones, and
hyperboloid.
- Spheres are special cases of ellipsoids

1- Ellipsoid:
The equation of the ellipsoid is:

Example :
Sketch the ellipsoid
solution:
choose y = 0 and z = 0

x = a, -a

(a,0,0) and (-a, 0, 0) cuts the coordinates

choose x = 0 and z = 0

y = b, -b

(0, b ,0) and (0, -b, 0) cuts the coordinates

choose x = 0 and y = 0

z = c, -c

(0, 0, c) and (0, 0, -c) cuts the coordinates

therefore,

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Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces

if z = 0 , then

ellipse between x,y-planes

if y = 0 , then

ellipse between x,z-planes

if x = 0 , then

ellipse between y,z-planes

so the graph is :

2- The Elliptical Paraboloid :

The equation of the elliptical paraboloid is:

Example :
Sketch the elliptical paraboloid

solution
choose y = 0 and z = 0

x = a, -a

(a,0,0) and (-a, 0, 0) cut the coordinates

choose x = 0 and z = 0

y = b, -b

(0, b ,0) and (0, -b, 0) cut the coordinates

choose x = 0 and y = 0

z= c

(0, 0, c) cuts the coordinates

therefore,
if x = 0 , then

parabola between y, z-axes

open in the positive of z-axis

if y = 0, then

parabola between x, z-axes

open in the negative of z-axis

choose z = c, then
graph is above:

elliptic between x, y-axis, so the

3- The Elliptical Cone :

The equation of the elliptical cone is:

Example :

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Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces

Sketch the ellipsoid the hyperbolic paraboloid

solution:
choose y = 0 and z = 0

x = a, -a

(a,0,0) and (-a, 0, 0) cut the coordinates

choose x = 0 and z = 0

y = b, -b

(0, b ,0) and (0, -b, 0) cut the coordinates

choose x = 0 and y = 0

z = c, -c

(0, 0, c) and (0, 0, -c) cuts the coordinates

therefore,
if x = 0 , then

line between y, z-axes

if y = 0, then

line between x, z-axes

choose z = c, then

ellipsoid between x, y-axis,

so the graph is above:

4- Hyperboloid Of One Sheet :

The equation of the hyperboloid of one sheet is

Example :
Sketch the ellipsoid the hyperbolic paraboloid
Solution:
choose y = 0 and z = 0

x = a, -a

(a,0,0) and (-a, 0, 0) cut the coordinates

choose x = 0 and z = 0

y = b, -b

(0, b ,0) and (0, -b, 0) cut the coordinates

choose x = 0 and y = 0

z = c, -c

(0, 0, c) and (0, 0, -c) cut the coordinates

therefore,
if x = 0 , then

hyperbolic between y, z-axes

if y = 0, then

hyperbolic between x, z-axes

choose z = 0, then

ellipsoid between x, y-axis,

so the graph is above:

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Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces

5- The Hyperboloid of two sheets :

The equation of the hyperboloid of two sheet is

Example :
Sketch the Hyperboloid of two sheets
Solution:
if x = 0 , then

hyperbolic between y, z-axes

if y = 0, then

hyperbolic between x, z-axes

choose z = 0, then - (

negative of ellipsoid between

x, y-axis, so the graph is above:

6- The hyperbolic paraboloid :

The equation of the hyperbolic paraboloid is

Example :
Sketch the ellipsoid the hyperbolic paraboloid
solution:
choose y = 0 and z = 0

x = a, -a

(a,0,0) and (-a, 0, 0) cut the coordinates

choose x = 0 and z = 0

y = b, -b

(0, b ,0) and (0, -b, 0) cut the coordinates

choose x = 0 and y = 0

z= c

(0, 0, c) cuts the coordinates

therefore,
if x = 0 , then

parabola between y, z-axes

open in the positive of z-axis

if y = 0, then

parabola between x, z-axes

open in the negative of z-axis

choose z = c, then

hyperbolic between x, y-axis, so the graph is above: