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Cylinder Calculator

Right circular cylinder: volume, lateral area, and total surface area.

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How to use Cylinder Calculator

  1. Enter radius, height. Leave a field blank only when the page says the value is missing.
  2. Read the result rows under the form. Errors appear in the status line. Nothing is uploaded.
  3. Rounding follows IEEE floating point in this browser unless the page says it uses integers or BigInt.

Cylinder Calculator

Volume

ComputesRight circular cylinder: volume, lateral area, and total surface area.
IncludesVolume
IncludesSurface area
Enginegeometry
UploadNone
AdviceArithmetic only

What Cylinder Calculator is

Volume = πr²h. Lateral = 2πrh. Total surface = 2πrh + 2πr². Units are whatever you typed, cubed or squared.

The formula runs in this tab. CZNull does not receive the numbers.

How this page computes

A sphere is sphere. Tank shapes that are not right circular cylinders are not here.

Entities and related jobs

Right circular cylinder: volume, lateral area, and total surface area. Named features: Volume, Surface area.

See also Sphere Calculator, Circle Calculator, Rectangle Calculator, Triangle Calculator, Pythagorean Theorem Calculator.

Use cases

Pipes, cans, and grain silos modeled as right cylinders.

Limits

Invalid input appears in the status line. IEEE floating point applies unless a row says otherwise. CZNull does not receive the numbers.

Cylinder Calculator questions

Does this page upload my numbers?
No. The formula runs in the page you opened. CZNull does not receive the values.
What does Cylinder Calculator compute?
Volume = πr²h.
Why is this its own URL?
Search queries name this job. Nearby modes stay on their own pages so inputs do not mix. Related calculators are linked below Cylinder Calculator.
r=2, h=5 volume?
20π.
Are lids included?
Yes, in total surface area.
Can I treat the result as official?
No. Rounding and real-world rules can differ. Use the page to check the arithmetic.