Lateral surface area of cylinder: Learn how to calculate the

Learn how to calculate the lateral surface area of a cylinder using the formula 2πrh, where r is the radius and h is the height. See solved examples, diagrams, and derivation of the formula. The main difference between the Total Surface Area (TSA) and the Curved Surface Area (CSA) of a Cylinder is that TSA is the sum of the areas of all the surfaces of the cylinder , including the two circular bases and the curved surface, while CSA is the area of the curved surface only. A cylinder is a three-dimensional solid limited by two congruent circular surfaces (bases) and one lateral surface . Although cylinders may take many forms, the term cylinder usually means the right circular cylinder . Our surface area of a cylinder calculator is dedicated to this type of cylinder . The cylinder is right when one of its bases lies exactly above the other base and oblique if it doesn't. Generalized cylinders can have any plain, closed surface as their base. The cylinder 's lateral surface area is the area of the curved surface that wraps around the cylinder , excluding the two circular bases.