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List of moments of inertia

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The following is a list of moments of inertia. Mass moments of inertia have units of dimension mass length2. It is the rotational analogue to mass. It should not be
confused with the second moment of area (area moment of inertia), which is used in bending calculations. The following moments of inertia assume constant density
throughout the object.

NOTE: The axis of rotation is taken to be through the center of mass, unless otherwise specified.

Description Figure Moment(s) of inertia Comment

This expression assumes the
shell thickness is negligible.
It is a special case of the
next object for r 1=r2.
Thin cylindrical shell with open ends, [1] Also, a point mass (m) at the
of radius r and mass m
end of a rod of length r has
this same moment of inertia
and the value r is called the
radius of gyration.

[1][2]

With a density of and the

Thick-walled cylindrical tube with same geometry
open ends, of inner radius r1, outer
or when defining the normalized thickness tn = t/r and letting
radius r 2, length h and mass m
r = r 2,
then

[1]
Solid cylinder of radius r, height h and This is a special case of the
mass m previous object for r 1=0.

This is a special case of the

Thin, solid disk of radius r and mass m
previous object for h=0.

This is a special case of a

torus for b=0. (See below.),
Thin circular hoop of radius r and mass
as well as of a thick-walled
m
cylindrical tube with open
ends, with r 1=r 2 and h=0.

A sphere can be taken to be

made up of a stack of
[1]
Ball (solid) of radius r and mass m infinitesimal thin, solid
discs, where the radius
differs from 0 to r.

Similar to the solid sphere,

Sphere (hollow) of radius 2r and mass [1] only this time considering a
m stack of infinitesimal thin,
circular hoops.

Ellipsoid (solid) of semiaxes a, b, and c

with axis of rotation a and mass m

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[3]
Right circular cone with radius r,

height h and mass m [3]

For a similarly oriented cube

Solid cuboid of height h, width w, and with sides of length s,
depth d, and mass m
.

Thin rectangular plate of height h and [1]

of width w 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)

This expression assumes

that the rod is an infinitely
[1] thin (but rigid) wire. This is
Rod of length L and mass m
a special case of the
previous object for w = L
and h = 0.
This expression assumes
that the rod is an infinitely
thin (but rigid) wire. This is
Rod of length L and mass m [1]
also a special case of the
(Axis of rotation at the end of the rod)
thin rectangular plate with
axis of rotation at the end of
the plate: h = L and w = 0.
[4]
About a diameter:
Torus of tube radius a, cross-sectional

radius b and mass m. [4]
About the vertical axis:

Plane polygon with vertices , ,

, ..., and mass m uniformly
distributed on its interior, rotating
about an axis perpendicular to the
plane and passing through the origin.
Infinite disk with mass normally
distributed on two axes around the axis
of rotation

(i.e.

Where : (x,y) is the mass-density as

a function of x and y).

Two point masses M, and m, separated

by a distance x.
is the reduced mass.

See also
Parallel axis theorem
Perpendicular axis theorem

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List of area moments of inertia

List of moment of inertia tensors

References
1. ^ a b c d e f g h Raymond A. Serway (1986). Physics for Scientists and Engineers, second ed.. Saunders College Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 0-03-004534-7.
2. ^ Classical Mechanics - Moment of inertia of a uniform hollow cylinder (http://www.livephysics.com/problems-and-answers/classical-mechanics/find-moment-of-inertia-
of-a-uniform-hollow-cylinder.html) . LivePhysics.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
3. ^ a b Ferdinand P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston, Jr (1984). Vector Mechanics for Engineers, fourth ed.. McGraw-Hill. p. 911. ISBN 0-07-004389-2.
4. ^ a b Eric W. Weisstein. "Moment of Inertia Ring" (http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/MomentofInertiaRing.html) . Wolfram Research.
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/MomentofInertiaRing.html. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
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