Area Moments of Inertia

Rectangle
y

Half parabolic complement

y

Circle
y
b
2

()

y = h x
b

R
h

C
x

3
Iy = b h
12
3
Iy = b h
3

Ixy = 0
Ixy

R4
4

Ix = I y =

2 2
= bh
4

Right triangle
y
b
3

3
Ix = 37bh
2100
3
Iy = b h
80
2 2
Ixy = b h
120
Half parabola
y

Ixy = 0

Semicircle

()

y = h x
b
C

h
3

4
R
3 x

b
3
Iy = b h
36
3
Iy = b h
12

2 2

Ixy = b h
72
2h2
b
Ixy =
24

x = 4R
3
y = 4R
3

h
C

b
2

Ix = 0.1098R 4
4
Ix = Iy = R
8

h
3

x = a+b
3

y=h
3

C
x

R
88 R4

4
Ix = Iy = R
16
4
Ixy = R
8

Quarter ellipse
y

x = 4a
3
y = 4b
3

2
x2 + y = 1
2
a b2

b
C
x
a

b
3
Ix = bh
12
Iy = bh (a2 + ab + b2)
12
2
Ixy = bh (2a + b)
24

x = 2Rsin
3

Ixy = 0.016 47 R4

3
Ix = bh
36
I y = bh (a2 ab + b2)
36
2
I xy = bh (2a b)
72

Ixy = 0

3
Ix = 2bh
7
3
Iy = 2b h
15
2 2
Ixy = b h
6

I x = I y = 0.054

Ixy = 0

x
b

Ixy = 0

Triangle
y

Ixy = 0

x = 3b
8
3h
y=
5

b
2
3
Iy = b h
48

3
I x = 8bh
175
3
I y = 19b h
480
2 2
I xy = b h
60
Circular sector

Quarter circle
y

Isosceles triangle

3
Ix = bh
36
3
Ix = bh
12

3
Ix = bh
21
3
Iy = b h
5
2 2
Ixy = b h
12

3
Ix = bh
36
3
Ix = bh
12

b
3
Ix = bh
12
3
Ix = bh
3

h
2

x = 3b
4
3h
y=
10

Ix = 0.054 88ab3
Iy = 0.054 88a3b
Ixy = 0.016 47a2b2

3
Ix = ab
16
3
Iy = a b
16
2 2
Ixy = a b
8

4
Ix = R (2 sin2 )
8
4
Iy = R (2 + sin2 )
8
Ixy = 0