GE 201-Lecture-23 (Area Moment of Inertia-Problems)
GE 201-Lecture-23 (Area Moment of Inertia-Problems)
GE 201-Lecture-23 (Area Moment of Inertia-Problems)
STATICS
(ENGINEERING MECHANICS-I)
LECTURE # 23
Area moment of Inertia-Problems
By
0 h 3 4h 0 12
ii. The moment of inertia I about the centroidal axis
(a distance h/3 above the x - axis) :
2 2
h 1 3 1 h 1 3
I = I x − A = bh − bh = bh
3 12 2 3 36
For the shaded area and the strip shown in the two figures, calculate the
moment of Inertia and radius of gyration about the x-axis (i.e. Ix and rx)
y y
3m 3m
y = x2 / 12 y = x2 / 12
x x
6m 6m
3m 3 3
y = x2 / 12 A = dA = (6-x) dy = ( 6- 2 3 y 1/ 2
)dy
0 0
3
y3/ 2
= 6 y - 2 3 = 6 m2
6m x 3/ 2 0
3 3
I x = y dA = y (6 - x) dy = y 2 (6 - 12 y ) dy
2 2
0 0
3
3
y3 y7 / 2
I x = (6 y - 2 3 y )dy = 6
2 5/2
-2 3 = 7.714 m 4
0 3 7 / 2 0
Radius of gyration about the x - axis :
Ix 7.714
rx = = = 1.339 m
A 6
GE201: Dr. Abdulrahman AlKhomairi December 6, 2023
Solution (Contd.)
y
8
3m
y = x2 / 12
x
6m
Ix 7.714
rx = = = 1.339 m
A 6
GE201: Dr. Abdulrahman AlKhomairi December 6, 2023
Problem-3
9
Calculate the moments of inertia of the area of a circle about a diametral axis
and about the polar axis through the center. Specify the radii of gyration.
0
2
Radius of gyration is
Iz r 4 r
kz = = =
A 2 r 2 2
Important Formulas
Determine the moment of inertia of the shaded area about the x-axis.
100 mm
20 mm
50 mm
20 mm
170 mm
20 mm
x
O
1 100 mm
I x1 = 20 2403 = 92.16 106 mm 4 20 mm
3
2 3 50 mm
1
I x 2 = 60 203 + (60 20) 2302 = 63.52 106 mm 4 20 mm
12
1
1
I x 3 = 20 703 + (70 20) 2052 = 59.41 106 mm 4 20 mm
170 mm
12
I x = I x1 + I x 2 + I x 3 = 215.09 106 mm 4 Ans. O
x
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