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Before we nd the moment of inertia (or
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section, its centroid (or center of mass)
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moment of inertia of the section about its
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Bending inertia, we must calculate the moment of
Moment inertia of smaller segments. Try to break
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instance, consider the I-beam section
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below, which was also featured in our
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a Beam Since we have split it into three rectangular
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inertia of each of these sections. It is
the Statical
widely known that the moment of inertia
or First
Moment of equation of a rectangle about its centroid
Area of axis is simply:
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Moment of
Inertia of a
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The moment of inertia of other shapes is
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often stated in the front/back of textbooks Try SkyCiv
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or from this guide of the moment of inertia
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Bending
shapes. However the rectangular shape is
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section. In our moment of inertia example:
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Concrete vs So there you have our guide on calculating
Prestressed the area of moment for beam sections.
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