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3.6.1: Tables of geometries

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    The following tables present several moment of inertias of commonly used geometries.

    Table 3.1 Moments of Inertia for various plane surfaces about their center of gravity (full shapes).

    Shape Name Picture Description \(\mathbf{x_c}\), \(\mathbf{x_c}\) \(\mathbf{A}\) \(\mathbf{I_{xx}}\)
    Rectangle rectangle.png \(\dfrac{a}{2}\,;\dfrac{b}{2}\) \(a\,b\) \(\dfrac{a\,b^{3}}{12}\)
    Triangle triangle.png \(\dfrac{a}{3}\) \(\dfrac{a\,b}{3}\) \(\dfrac{a\,b^{3}}{36}\)
    Circle circle.png \(\dfrac{b}{2}\) \(\dfrac{\pi\, b^2}{4}\) \(\dfrac{\pi b^4}{64}\)
    Ellipse ellipse.png \(\dfrac{a}{2}\; \dfrac{b}{2}\) \(\dfrac{\pi\, ab}{4}\) \(\dfrac{ab^2}{64}\)
    \(y=\alpha\,x^2\)
    Parabola
    parabola.png \(\dfrac{3\,\alpha\,b}{15\,\alpha-5}\) \(\dfrac{6\alpha -2}{3} \, \left( \dfrac{b}{\alpha}\right)^{\dfrac{3}{2}}\) \(\dfrac{\sqrt{b}\,\left( 20\,{b}^{3}-14\,{b}^{2}\right) }{35\,\sqrt{\alpha}}\)
    Quadrant
    of Circle
    qCircle.png \(\dfrac{4\,r}{3\,\pi}\) \(\dfrac{\pi\,r^2}{4}\) \(r^4\left(\dfrac{\pi}{16} - \dfrac{4}{9\pi}\right)\)
    Ellipsoidal
    Quadrant
    qelliptic.png \(\dfrac{4\,b}{3\,\pi}\) \(\dfrac{\pi\,a\,b}{4}\) \(a\,b^3\left(\dfrac{\pi}{16} - \dfrac{4}{9\pi}\right)\)
    half of
    of Ellipse
    hElliptic.png \(\dfrac{4\,b}{3\,\pi}\) \(\dfrac{\pi\,a\,b}{4}\) \(a\,b^3\left(\dfrac{\pi}{16} - \dfrac{4}{9\pi}\right)\)
    Circular
    Sector
    cSector.png \(0\) \(2{\alpha}\,r^2\) \(\dfrac{r^4}{4} \left(\alpha - \dfrac{1}{2}\sin2\alpha\right)\)
    Circular
    Sector
    lcSector.png \(\dfrac{2}{3}\dfrac{r\,\sin\alpha}{\alpha}\) \(2{\alpha}\,r^2\)

    \(I_{x^{'}x^{'}} =\)\(\dfrac{r^4}{4} \left(\alpha + \dfrac{1}{2}\sin2\alpha\right)\)

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    • Dr. Genick Bar-Meir. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or later or Potto license.


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