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3.4.2.1: General Discussion

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    For body with thickness, \(t\) and uniform density the following can be written \[I_{xxm} = \int_{m} r^{2} dm = \rho t \quad \int_{A} r^{2} dA \] The moment of inertia about axis is \(x\) can be defined as

    Moment of Inertia

    \[I_{xx} = \int_{A} r^{2} dA = \frac{I_{xxm}}{\rho t} \]

    where \(r\) is distance of \(dA\) from the axis \(x\) and \(t\) is the thickness.

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    Fig. 3.4. The schematic that explains the summation of moment of inertia.

    Any point distance can be calculated from axis \(x\) as \[x = \sqrt{y^{2} + z^{2}}\] Thus, equation 18 can be written as \[I_{xx} = \int_{A} \left(y^{2} + z^{2}\right)dA \] In the same fashion for other two coordinates as \[I_{yy} = \int_{A} \left(x^{2} + z^{2}\right)dA \] \[I_{zz} = \int_{A} \left(x^{2} + y^{2}\right)dA \]

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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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