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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

Thin
cylindrical This expression assumes the
shell with shell thickness is negligible.
open ends, of It is a special case of the
radius r and next object for r 1=r 2.
mass m
Thick-walled [1]
cylindrical
tube with With a density of and the
open ends, of same geometry
inner radius
or when defining the normalized thickness tn = t/r and letting
r 1, outer
r = r 2,
radius r2,
length h and then
mass m

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

Thin, solid
This is a special case of the
disk of radius
previous object for h=0.
r and mass m

Thin circular
hoop of This is a special case of a
radius r and torus for b=0. (See below.)
mass m

A sphere can be taken to be

Solid sphere made up of a stack of
of radius r infinitesimal thin, solid
and mass m discs, where the radius
differs from 0 to r.

Hollow Similar to the solid sphere,

sphere of only this time considering a
radius r and stack of infinitesimal thin,
mass m circular hoops.

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Oblate
Spheroid of
major a,
minor b and
mass m

Right circular
cone with
radius r,
height h and
mass m

Solid cuboid For a similarly oriented cube

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

Thin
rectangular
plane of

height h and
of width w
and mass m

Thin
rectangular
plane 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
Rod of length thin (but rigid) wire. This is
L and mass m a special case of the
previous object for w=L and
h=d=0.
Rod of length
L and mass m
This expression assumes
(Axis of
that the rod is an infinitely
rotation at
thin (but rigid) wire.
the end of
the rod)
Torus of tube
radius a, About a diameter:
cross-

sectional
About the vertical axis:
radius b and
mass m.
Plane
polygon with
vertices ,
, , ...,

and mass
m uniformly
distributed on

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its interior,
rotating
about an axis
perpendicular
to the plane
and passing
through the
origin.

See also
Parallel axis theorem
List of area moments of inertia
List of moment of inertia tensors

References
1. ^ 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.
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