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howto find the partial volume of an ellipse

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  • 07-02-2007 1:47am
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    sme
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭


    lets say one had an elliptical tank (that is to say that it is an ellipse on plan and elevation, not a cylindrical tank with elliptical ends) with major axis A=2.5m and minor axis B=0.80m. The tank is lying horizontal, that is to say that the major axis is parallel with the ground.

    If the tank contains liquid to a height of 0.32m, how does one calculate the volume of the liquid for this or any specific height?


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    Sev
    Registered Users Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭Sev


    I cant quite remember exactly what plan and elevation mean, but I guess theyre two viewing angles 90 degrees apart.

    So does that mean that looking at it along the last axis, it looks circular?

    Anyway, it should be just a 3D integral over the volume of the ellipse thingy. I don't have time now, but I'll look at it later.


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