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List of moment of areas

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The following is a list of area moments of inertia. The area moment of inertia or second moment of area has a unit of dimension length4, and should not be confused with the mass moment of inertia. If the piece is thin, however, the mass moment of inertia equals the areal density times the area moment of inertia. Each is with respect to a horizontal axis through the centroid of the given shape, unless otherwise specified.

Area moments of inertia

Description Figure Area moment of inertia Comment Reference

a filled circular area of radius r

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an annulus of inner radiusr1 and outer radiusr2 a filled circular sector of angle in radians and radius r with respect to an axis through the centroid of the sector and the centre of the circle a filled semicircle with radius r with respect to a horizontal line passing through the centroid of the area a filled semicircle as above but with respect to an axis collinear with the base a filled semicircle as above but
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For thin tubes, this is approximately equal to:

or

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This is a consequence of the parallel axis theorem and the fact that the distance between [2] these two axes is

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with respect to a vertical axis through the centroid

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a filled quarter circle with radius r entirely in the 1st quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate system a filled quarter circle as above but with respect to a horizontal or vertical axis through the centroid a filled ellipse whose radius along the x axis is a and whose radius along the yaxis is b a filled rectangular area with a base width of b and height h

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This is a consequence of the parallel axis theorem and the fact that the distance between [3] these two axes is

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a filled rectangular area as above but with respect to an axis collinear with the base a filled rectangular area as above but with respect to an axis collinear,
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This is a result from the parallel axis theorem

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where r is the perpendicular distance from the centroid of the rectangle to the axis of interest a filled triangular area with a base width of b and height h with respect to an axis through the centroid a filled triangular area as above but with respect to an axis collinear with the base a filled regular hexagon with a side length of a

This is a result from the parallel axis theorem

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This is a consequence of the parallel axis theorem

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The result is valid for both a horizontal and a vertical axis through the centroid, and therefore is also valid for an axis with arbitrary direction that passes through the origin.

Any plane region with a known area moment of inertia for a parallel axis. (Main Article parallel axis theorem)

This can be used to determine the second moment of area of a rigid body about any axis, given the body's moment of inertia about a parallel axis through the object's centre of mass and the perpendicular distance (r) between the axes.

See also
List of moments of inertia Moment of Inertia calculator online (http://civilengineer.webinfolist.com/str/micalc.htm)

References
1. ^ "Circle" (http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/Circle.cfm) . eFunda. http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/Circle.cfm. Retrieved 2006-12-30. 2. ^ a b c "Circular Half" (http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/CircleHalf.cfm) . eFunda. http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/CircleHalf.cfm. Retrieved 2006-12-30. 3. ^ a b "Quarter Circle" (http://www.efunda.com/math/areas/CircleQuarter.cfm) . eFunda.
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