Description

Figure

Moment(s) of inertia

Point mass m at a distance r from the axis of rotation.

Two point masses, M and m, with reduced mass and separated by a distance, x.

Rod of length L and mass m (Axis of rotation at the end of the rod)

[1]

Rod of length L and mass m

[1]

Thin circular hoop of radius r and mass m

Thin, solid disk of radius r and mass m

Thin cylindrical shell with open ends, of radius r and mass m

[1]

Solid cylinder of radius r, height h and mass m

[1]

[1][2]

Thick-walled cylindrical tube with open ends, of inner radius r1, outer radius r2, length h and mass m

or when defining the normalized thickness tn = t/r and letting r = r2, then

Tetrahedron of side s and mass m

Octahedron (hollow) of side s and mass m

Octahedron (solid) of side s and mass m

Sphere (hollow) of radius r and mass m

[1]

Ball (solid) of radius r and mass m

[1]

Sphere (shell) of radius r2, with centered spherical cavity of radius r1 and mass m

[1]

[3]

Right circular cone with radius r, height hand mass m

[3]

About a diameter: About the vertical

[4] [4]

Torus of tube radius a, cross-sectional radius b and mass m.

axis:

Ellipsoid (solid) of semiaxes a, b, and cwith axis of rotation a and mass m

Thin rectangular plate of height h and of width w and mass m (Axis of rotation at the end of the plate)

Thin rectangular plate of height h and of width w and mass m

[1]

Solid cuboid of height h, width w, and depthd, and mass m

Solid cuboid of height D, width W, and length L, and mass m with the longest diagonal as the axis. Plane polygon with vertices ..., mass and uniformly distributed on its , , ,

interior, rotating about an axis perpendicular to the plane and passing through the origin.

Infinite disk with mass normally distributedon two axes around the axis of rotation (i.e.

Where :

is the mass-density as

a function of x and y).