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Mathematics for Marine Engineering / August 6, 2021

CYLINDER

A cylinder is a surface generated by a straight line which is parallel to a fixed line and it has to intersect a given fixed curve. The straight line is any position called a generator and the fixed point is called the guiding curve of the cylinder.  The equation of cylinders whose generators are parallel […]

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A cylinder is a surface generated by a straight line which is parallel to a fixed line and it has to intersect a given fixed curve. The straight line is any position called a generator and the fixed point is called the guiding curve of the cylinder.

 The equation of cylinders whose generators are parallel to the line