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Listofareamomentsofinertia
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Thefollowingisalistofareamomentsofinertia.Theareamomentofinertiaorsecondmomentofareahasaunitofdimensionlength4,andshouldnotbeconfusedwiththe
massmomentofinertia.Ifthepieceisthin,however,themassmomentofinertiaequalstheareadensitytimestheareamomentofinertia.Eachiswithrespecttoa
horizontalaxisthroughthecentroidofthegivenshape,unlessotherwisespecified.

Contents
1Areamomentsofinertia
2Seealso
3References
4Externallinks

Areamomentsofinertia
Description

Figure

Areamomentofinertia

Comment

afilled
circulararea
ofradiusr

Forthintubes,
anannulusof
innerradius
r1andouter
radiusr2

and

Wecansaythat
andbecause

thisbracketcanbesim
.

afilled
circular
sectorof
anglein
radiansand
radiusrwith
respecttoan
axisthrough
thecentroid
ofthesector
andthe
centerofthe
circle

Thisformulaisvalidonlyfor0

afilled
semicircle
withradiusr
withrespect
toa
horizontal
linepassing
throughthe
centroidof
thearea
afilled
semicircleas
abovebut
withrespect
toanaxis
collinear
withthebase

Thisisaconsequenceoftheparallelaxistheor
distancebetweenthesetwoaxesis

afilled
semicircleas
abovebut
withrespect
toavertical
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axisthrough
thecentroid

afilled
quartercircle
withradiusr
entirelyin
the1st
quadrantof
theCartesian
coordinate
system
afilled
quartercircle
asabovebut
withrespect
toa
horizontalor
verticalaxis
throughthe
centroid

Thisisaconsequenceoftheparallelaxistheor
distancebetweenthesetwoaxesis

afilled
ellipsewhose
radiusalong
thexaxisis
aandwhose
radiusalong
theyaxisis
b
afilled
rectangular
areawitha
basewidthof
bandheight
h
afilled
rectangular
areaasabove
butwith
respecttoan
axiscollinear
withthebase

Thisisaresultfromtheparallelaxistheorem

afilled
rectangular
areaasabove
butwith
respecttoan
axis
collinear,
whereristhe
perpendicular
distancefrom
thecentroid
ofthe
rectangleto
theaxisof
interest

Thisisaresultfromtheparallelaxistheorem

afilled
triangular
areawitha
basewidthof
bandheight
hwith
respecttoan
axisthrough
thecentroid
afilled
triangular
areaasabove
butwith
respecttoan
axiscollinear
withthebase

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Thisisaconsequenceoftheparallelaxistheor

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afilled
regular
hexagonwith
asidelength
ofa

Theresultisvalidforbothahorizontalandav
centroid,andthereforeisalsovalidforanaxis
passesthroughtheorigin.

Anequal
leggedangle

istheoftenunusedproductofinertia,u
rotatedaxis

Anyplane
regionwitha
knownarea
momentof
inertiafora
parallelaxis.
(MainArticle
parallelaxis
theorem)

Thiscanbeusedtodeterminethesecondmom
aboutanyaxis,giventhebody'smomentofine
throughtheobject'scenterofmassandtheper
betweentheaxes.

Seealso
Listofmomentsofinertia

References
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

"Circle"(http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/Circle.cfm).eFunda.Retrieved20061230.
"CircularHalf"(http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/CircleHalf.cfm).eFunda.Retrieved20061230.
"QuarterCircle"(http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/CircleQuarter.cfm).eFunda.Retrieved20061230.
"Rectangulararea"(http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/rectangle.cfm).eFunda.Retrieved20061230.
"Triangulararea"(http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/triangle.cfm).eFunda.Retrieved20061230.

Externallinks
OnlineCalculatorforAreaMomentofInertia(http://civilengineer.webinfolist.com/str/micalc.htm)
OnlinecalculatorofAreaMomentofInertia(http://www.fxsolver.com/browse/?q=area+moment+of+inertia&search=)
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