Bicone

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Bicone

Two cones placed base-to-base.

The bicone with base radius and half-height has surface area and volume

			(1)
			(2)

The centroid is at the origin, and the inertia tensor about the centroid is given by

I=[1/(20)M(2h^2+3r^2) 0 0; 0 1/(20)M(2h^2+3r^2) 0; 0 0 3/(10)Mr^2].

(3)

See also

Dipyramid, Cone, Double Cone, Nappe, Sphericon

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Bicone." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Bicone.html

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