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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Faculty of Engineering
Department:
of Civil Engineering
Engineering Mechanics
Chapter 10:Moment of inertia
Instructor: Eng. Abdiweli Ali Farah
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Chapter Objectives
 To develop a method for determining the
moment of inertia for an area.
 To introduce the product of inertia and
show how to determine the maximum
and minimum moments of inertia for an
area.
 To discuss the mass moment of inertia.
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Chapter Outline

Introduction of Moments of Inertia

Parallel Axis Theorem for an Area
Calculation of Moments of Inertia

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Moments of Inertia

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Moments of Inertia

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Definition of Moments of
Inertia for Areas
It is a measure of an object’s resistance to change to
its rotation

Also defined as the capacity of a cross-section of

resist bending

 Is must be specified with respect to a chosen axis of

rotation
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Moment of Inertia
Consider area A lying in the x-y plane
Be definition, moments of inertia of the
differential plane area dA about the x and y
2 2
axes dI x  y dA dI y  x dA
For entire area, moments of
inertia are given by
I x  y 2 dA
A
I y x 2 dA
A
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Moment of Inertia
Formulate the second moment of dA about the pole O
or z axis
This is known as the polar axis 2
dJ O r dA
where r is perpendicular from the pole (z axis) to the
element dA
Polar moment of inertia for entire area,
2
J O r dA I x  I y
A
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Parallel Axis Theorem for an Area

The moment of area of an object about any axis

parallel to the centroidal axis is the sum of
moment of inertia about it’s centrodal axis and
the product of area with the square of distance
of C from the ref axis
IXX= IC+Ad2 A is the cross-sectional area.
d: is the perpendicular distance between the
centroidal axis and the parallel axis.
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Parallel Axis Theorem for an Area

 For moment of inertia of an area known about an
axis passing through its centroid, determine the
moment of inertia of area about a corresponding
parallel axis using the parallel axis theorem
 Consider moment of inertia
of the shaded area
 A differential element dA is
located at an arbitrary distance
y’ from the centroidal x’ axis
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Parallel Axis Theorem for an Area

The fixed distance between the parallel x and x’ axes
is defined as dy
For moment of inertia of dA about x axis
y 'd  dA
2
dI x y

For entire area

I x y 'd y  dA
2
A

 y '2 dA  2d y  y ' dA  d y2 dA

A A A

First integral represent the moment of inertia of the

area about the centroidal axis
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Parallel Axis Theorem for an Area

Second integral = 0 since x’ passes through the area’s
centroid C
y ' dA  y dA 0; y 0

Third integral represents the total area A

I x I x  Ad y2
Similarly I y I y  Ad x2

For polar moment of inertia about an axis

perpendicular to the x-y plane and passing through
2
pole O (z axis) J O  J C  Ad
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Moments of inertia of common geometric

shapes

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Moments of inertia of common geometric

shapes

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Example 10.1

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Example 10.1

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Example 10.2

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Example 10.2

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