MOMENT OF INERTIA FOR VARIOUS BODIES OF MASS

The mass of the body is indicated by m

Body Axis Moment of inertia

Uniform thin rod of length l Normal to the length, at one end m 13 l 2
1 2
Uniform thin rod of length l Normal to the length, at the center m 12 l
1 2
Thin rectangular sheet, sides a and b Through the center parallel to b m 12 a
1
Thin rectangular sheet, sides a and b Through the center perpendicular to m 12 (a 2 + b2 )
the sheet
Thin circular sheet of radius r Normal to the plate through the m 12 r 2
center
Thin circular sheet of radius r Along any diameter m 14 r 2
Thin circular ring. Radii r1 and r2 Through center normal to plane of m 12 (r12 + r22 )
ring
Thin circular ring. Radii r1 and r2 Any diameter m 14 (r12 + r22 )
1
Rectangular parallelepiped, edges a, b, and c Through center perpendicular to m 12 (a 2 + b2 )
face ab, (parallel to edge c)
Sphere, radius r Any diameter m 25 r 2
(r 5 −r 5 )
Spherical shell, external radius, r1 , internal Any diameter m 25 (r13 −r23 )
1 2
radius r2
Spherical shell, very thin, mean radius, r Any diameter m 23 r 2
Right circular cylinder of radius r , length l The longitudinal axis of the solid m 12 r 2
� 2 �
l2
Right circular cylinder of radius r , length l Transverse diameter m r4 + 12

Hollow circular cylinder, length l, radii r1 and The longitudinal axis of the figure m 12 (r12 + r22 )
r2
Thin cylindrical shell, length l, mean radius, r The longitudinal axis of the figure mr 2
� 2 2 �
r +r l2
Hollow circular cylinder, length l, radii r1 and Transverse diameter m 14 2 + 12

r2
� �
r2 l2
Hollow circular cylinder, length l, very thin, Transverse diameter m 2
+ 12

mean radius r
Elliptic cylinder, length l, transverse semiaxes Longitudinal axis m 14 (a 2 + b2 )
a and b
3 2
Right cone, altitude h, radius of base r Axis of the figure m 10 r
Spheroid of revolution, equatorial radius r Polar axis m 25 r 2
Ellipsoid, axes 2a, 2b, 2c Axis 2a m 15 (b2 + c2 )

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