Emily Grace G.

Abasta BSN-1A

[Physics]

May 10, 2013

(Moment of Inertia) Moment of inertia of a body about its rotating axis is analogous to mass in Linear motion. If we compare equation of dynamics for Rotational and Linear motion, they look very similar.

In the above equations Torque ( ) is analogous to Force ( ) , acceleration ( ) is analogous to angular acceleration ( ) and Mass ( ) is analogous to Moment of inertia ( ) about the axis of rotation. The moment of inertia formulas of some common geometric shapes are given below in the chart, where the axis of rotation is passing through its center of mass in most cases.

Moment of Inerta Formulas

Below are the Formulas for Moment of Inertia of some common geometrical shapes.

Moment of Inertia of Various bodies

Emily Grace G. Abasta BSN-1A

[Physics]

May 10, 2013

These formulae are most commonly used in physics problems. However, if one needs to find the moment of inertia formula about another axis parallel to the axis passing through the center of mass, then there is something called as parallel axis theorem. It states: where is the perpendicular distance between new axis and the axis passing through center of mass.

Example of Moment of Inertia about an Axis other than Center of Mass.

Problem : Find the formula for moment of Inertia of a solid sphere about an axis tangent to the surface. Solution: To solve this lets look closely at the figure.

In the first case the dotted line is passing through the center of the sphere, which is also the center of mass of the sphere. The formula for Moment of Inertia about the center of mass of solid sphere is Now we need to find the moment of inertia about an axis parallel to the previous axis. Here the perpendicular distance of the new axis to the previous one is a = R. Therefore by parallel axis theorem

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