Frustum

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Set of pyramidal right n-gonal frustums
Pentagonal frustum.svg Usech kvadrat piramid.png
Examples: right pentagonal and square frustums
(n = 5 and n = 4)
Faces n isosceles trapezoids, 2 regular n-gons
Edges 3n
Vertices 2n
Symmetry group Cnv, [1,n], (*nn)
Dual polyhedron convex asymmetric right n-gonal bipyramid
Propertiesconvex
Net
Net of right trigonal frustum.png
Example: net of right trigonal frustum (n = 3)

In geometry, a frustum ( Latin for 'morsel'); [lower-alpha 1] (PL: frusta or frustums) is the portion of a solid (normally a pyramid or a cone) that lies between two parallel planes cutting the solid. In the case of a pyramid, the base faces are polygonal and the side faces are trapezoidal. A right frustum is a right pyramid or a right cone truncated perpendicularly to its axis; [3] otherwise, it is an oblique frustum. In a truncated cone or truncated pyramid , the truncation plane is not necessarily parallel to the cone's base, as in a frustum. If all its edges are forced to become of the same length, then a frustum becomes a prism (possibly oblique or/and with irregular bases).

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Square frustum Square frustum.png
Square frustum
A regular octahedron can be augmented on 3 faces to create a triangular frustum Triangulated monorectified tetrahedron.png
A regular octahedron can be augmented on 3 faces to create a triangular frustum

A frustum's axis is that of the original cone or pyramid. A frustum is circular if it has circular bases; it is right if the axis is perpendicular to both bases, and oblique otherwise.

The height of a frustum is the perpendicular distance between the planes of the two bases.

Cones and pyramids can be viewed as degenerate cases of frusta, where one of the cutting planes passes through the apex (so that the corresponding base reduces to a point). The pyramidal frusta are a subclass of prismatoids.

Two frusta with two congruent bases joined at these congruent bases make a bifrustum.

Formulas

Volume

The formula for the volume of a pyramidal square frustum was introduced by the ancient Egyptian mathematics in what is called the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus, written in the 13th dynasty (c.1850 BC):

where a and b are the base and top side lengths, and h is the height.

The Egyptians knew the correct formula for the volume of such a truncated square pyramid, but no proof of this equation is given in the Moscow papyrus.

The volume of a conical or pyramidal frustum is the volume of the solid before slicing its "apex" off, minus the volume of this "apex":

where B1 and B2 are the base and top areas, and h1 and h2 are the perpendicular heights from the apex to the base and top planes.

Considering that

the formula for the volume can be expressed as the third of the product of this proportionality, , and of the difference of the cubes of the heights h1 and h2 only:

By using the identity a3b3 = (ab)(a2 + ab + b2), one gets:

where h1h2 = h is the height of the frustum.

Distributing and substituting from its definition, the Heronian mean of areas B1 and B2 is obtained:

the alternative formula is therefore:

Heron of Alexandria is noted for deriving this formula, and with it, encountering the imaginary unit: the square root of negative one. [4]

In particular:

where r1 and r2 are the base and top radii.
where a1 and a2 are the base and top side lengths.
Pyramidal frustum Frustum with symbols.svg
Pyramidal frustum

Surface area

Conical frustum CroppedCone.svg
Conical frustum
3D model of a conical frustum. Tronco cono 3D.stl
3D model of a conical frustum.

For a right circular conical frustum [5] [6]

and

where r1 and r2 are the base and top radii respectively, and s is the slant height of the frustum.

The surface area of a right frustum whose bases are similar regular n-sided polygons is

where a1 and a2 are the sides of the two bases.

Examples

Rolo brand chocolates approximate a right circular conic frustum, although not flat on top. Rolo-Candies-US.jpg
Rolo brand chocolates approximate a right circular conic frustum, although not flat on top.

See also

Notes

  1. The term frustum comes from Latin frustum , meaning 'piece' or 'morsel". The English word is often misspelled as frustrum, a different Latin word cognate to the English word "frustrate". [1] The confusion between these two words is very old: a warning about them can be found in the Appendix Probi , and the works of Plautus include a pun on them. [2]

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