Tetrahedron calculator

Calculation of the volume and surface of an irregular tetrahedron

Calculate the tetrahedron


This function calculates the volume and the surface of an irregular tetrahedron. A tetrahedron is a three-dimensional shape with 4 sides, 6 edges and 4 corners.

To calculate the tetrahedron, enter the length of the 6 edges. Then click on the 'Calculate' button.


Tetrahedron calculator

 Input
Edge length a
Edge length b
Edge length c
Edge length a`
Edge length b`
Edge length c`
Decimal places
  Results
Volume V
Surface S
Tetrahedron

Formulas for calculating an irregular tetrahedron


Volume

\(\displaystyle fa=b^2+b`^2+c^2+c`^2-a^2-a`^2 \)

\(\displaystyle fb=a^2+a`^2+c^2+c`^2-b^2-b`^2 \)

\(\displaystyle fc=a^2+a`^2+b^2+b`^2-c^2-c`^2 \)

\(\displaystyle δ=a^2· b^2·c^2+a^2·b`^2·c`^2+ a`^2·b^2·c`^2+a`^2·b`^2·c^2\)

\(\displaystyle V=\frac{\sqrt{a^2· a`^2·fa+b^2·b`^2·fb + c^2·c`^2·fc-δ}}{12} \)

Surface area

\(\displaystyle p=a+b+c \)

\(\displaystyle q=a+b`+c` \)

\(\displaystyle r=a`+b+c` \)

\(\displaystyle s=a`+b`+c \)

\(\displaystyle S=\sqrt{\frac{p}{2}·\left(\frac{p}{2}-a\right)·\left(\frac{p}{2}-b\right)·\left(\frac{p}{2}-c\right)}\)

\(\displaystyle \;\;\;\; +\;\sqrt{\frac{q}{2}·\left(\frac{q}{2}-a\right)·\left(\frac{q}{2}-b`\right)·\left(\frac{q}{2}-c`\right)}\)

\(\displaystyle \;\;\;\; +\;\sqrt{\frac{r}{2}·\left(\frac{r}{2}-a`\right)·\left(\frac{r}{2}-b\right)·\left(\frac{r}{2}-c`\right)}\)

\(\displaystyle \;\;\;\; +\;\sqrt{\frac{s}{2}·\left(\frac{s}{2}-a`\right)·\left(\frac{s}{2}-b`\right)·\left(\frac{s}{2}-c\right)}\)

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