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The document discusses calculating mass moment of inertia for different objects including a point mass, human leg, and slender rod. It provides questions and diagrams for determining mass moment of inertia about different axes.

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UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

BMEN30005
INTRODUCTION TO BIOMECHANICS
SEMESTER 1 – 2020

TUTORIAL 4 – MASS MOMENT OF INERTIA

Question 1
Calculate the mass moment of inertia of point-mass m about the x- and y-axes.

Given L = 2 m, m = 5 kg, and θ = 25°.

Y
m
L

θ
X

Question 2
Determine the mass moment of inertia about the KJC. Where rc1 = 15cm, m1=2.5kg and radius of
gyration about the COM = 12.2cm.

Use the parallel axis theorem.


Now consider the whole leg, where l2 = 38cm. Determine the mass moment of inertia about the HJC.

Question 3
a) Determine the mass moment of inertia of a slender rod of length L and mass m with uniform
density about an axis passing through its center Y1, as shown below.

Y2 Y1

b) Now find the mass moment of inertia of the same slender rod but about an axis passing through
one end Y2.

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