Double Integral 176
Medium Polar Coordinates and Change of Variables

Find the volume of the solid bounded by the surfaces

Find the volume of the solid bounded by the surfaces: $$ x^2+y^2=2x,\qquad x^2+y^2=2y,\qquad z=x+2y,\qquad z=0. $$

Explanation of Method

The two cylinders are unit circles $(x-1)^2+y^2=1$ and $x^2+(y-1)^2=1$, centered at $(1,0)$ and $(0,1)$, intersecting at $(0,0)$ and $(1,1)$. The base region $D$ is their lens-shaped intersection (a vesica piscis). Over $D$, the plane $z=x+2y$ gives the height, and the volume is $\iint_D(x+2y)\,dA$.

  1. Identify the lens region and its bounding arcs for $x\in[0,1]$.
  2. Set up the volume as an iterated integral.
  3. Evaluate the inner integral, then integrate the resulting expression over $x$.

Step 1 · The lens region

For $x\in[0,1]$, the intersection of the two disks $(x-1)^2+y^2\leqslant1$ and $x^2+(y-1)^2\leqslant1$ gives $y$ ranging from $y_1=1-\sqrt{1-x^2}$ (the lower arc, from the second circle) to $y_2=\sqrt{1-(x-1)^2}$ (the upper arc, from the first circle) — confirmed by checking that these are indeed the tighter bounds throughout $x\in[0,1]$.

Step 2 · Set up the volume integral

$$ V=\int_0^1\int_{y_1}^{y_2}(x+2y)\,dy\,dx = \int_0^1\Big[x(y_2-y_1)+\big(y_2^2-y_1^2\big)\Big]dx. $$

Step 3 · Expand the integrand

Since $y_2^2=1-(x-1)^2=2x-x^2$ and $y_1^2=1-2\sqrt{1-x^2}+(1-x^2)=2-x^2-2\sqrt{1-x^2}$:

$$ x(y_2-y_1)+\big(y_2^2-y_1^2\big) = x\sqrt{2x-x^2}+x\sqrt{1-x^2}+2\sqrt{1-x^2}+x-2. $$

Step 4 · Integrate term by term

Using $2x-x^2=1-(x-1)^2$ and the substitution $t=x-1$:

$$ \int_0^1x\sqrt{2x-x^2}\,dx = \int_{-1}^0(t+1)\sqrt{1-t^2}\,dt = -\frac13+\frac\pi4. $$

$$ \int_0^1x\sqrt{1-x^2}\,dx=\frac13,\qquad \int_0^12\sqrt{1-x^2}\,dx=\frac\pi2,\qquad \int_0^1(x-2)\,dx=-\frac32. $$

Summing all four pieces:

$$ V = \left(-\frac13+\frac\pi4\right)+\frac13+\frac\pi2-\frac32 = \frac{3\pi}4-\frac32. $$


Additional Notes

Result

The volume is:

$$ V = \frac{3\pi}4-\frac32. $$