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Spherical Sector

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{SphericalSector.epsf scaled 800}\end{center}\end{figure}

The Volume of a spherical sector, depicted above, is given by

\begin{displaymath}
V={\textstyle{2\over 3}}\pi R^2h,
\end{displaymath}

where $h$ is the vertical height of the upper and lower curves.

See also Cylindrical Segment, Sphere, Spherical Cap, Spherical Segment, Zone


References

Beyer, W. H. CRC Standard Mathematical Tables, 28th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 131, 1987.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26