Moment of Inertia
Moment of Inertia
Moment of Inertia
The following is a list of area moments of inertia. The area moment of inertia or second moment of area has a unit of dimension length4, and should not be confused with the mass moment of inertia. If the piece is thin, however, the mass moment of inertia equals the area density times the area moment of inertia. Each is with respect to a horizontal axis through the centroid of the given shape, unless otherwise specified.
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[1]
or
a filled circular sector of angle in radia ns and radiusr with respect to an axis through the centroid of the sector and the centre of the circle
a filled semicircle with radius r with respect to a horizontal line passing through the centroid of the area
[2]
a filled semicircle as above but with respect to an axis collinear with the base
This is a consequence of the parallel axis theorem and the fact that the distance between
[2]
a filled semicircle as above but with respect to a vertical axis through the centroid
[2]
a filled quarter circle with radius r entirely in the 1st quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate system
[3]
a filled quarter circle as above but with respect to a horizontal or vertical axis through the centroid
This is a consequence of the parallel axis theorem and the fact that the distance between
[3]
a filled ellipse w hose radius along the x-axis is a and whose radius along the y-axis is b
[4]
a filled rectangular area as above but with respect to an axis collinear with the base
[4]
a filled rectangular area as above but with respect to an axis collinear, where r is the perpendicular distance from the centroid of the rectangle to the axis of interest
[4]
a filled triangular area with a base width of b and height h with respect to an axis through the centroid
[5]
a filled triangular area as above but with respect to an axis collinear with the base
[5]
The result is valid for both a horizontal and a vertical axis through the centroid, and therefore is also valid for an axis with arbitrary direction that passes through the origin.
Any plane region with a known area moment of inertia for a parallel axis. (Main Article parallel axis theorem)
This can be used to determine the second moment of area of a rigid body about any axis, given the body's moment of inertia about a parallel axis through the object's centre of mass and the perpendicular distance (r) between the axes.
See also