Determination of Moment of Inertia & Radius of Gyration of Flywheel (Part – VIII)
Moment Of Inertia Second Moment of Area, Area Moment of Inertia
The Area Moment Of Inertia of a beams cross-sectional area measures the beams ability to resist bending. The larger the Moment of Inertia the less the beam will bend.
The moment of inertia is a geometrical property of a beam and depends on a reference axis. The smallest Moment of Inertia about any axis passes throught the centroid.
The following are the mathematical equations to calculate the Moment of Inertia:
Ix
equ. (1)
Iy
equ. (2)
y is the distance from the x axis to an infinetsimal area dA.
x is the distance from the y axis to an infinetsimal area dA.
Polar Moment Of Inertia Moment of Inertia about the z axis
The Polar Area Moment Of Inertia of a beams cross-sectional area measures the beams ability to resist torsion. The larger the Polar Moment of Inertia the less the beam will twist.
The following are the mathematical equations to calculate the Polar Moment of Inertia:
Jz
equ. (3)
x is the distance from the y axis to an infinetsimal area dA.
y is the distance from the x axis to an infinetsimal area dA.
PERPENDICULAR AXIS THEOREM:
The moment of inertia of a plane area about an axis normal to the plane is equal to the sum of the moments of inertia about any two mutually perpendicular axes lying in the plane and passing through the given axis.
Using the PERPENDICULAR AXIS THEOREM yeilds the following equations for the Polar Moment of Inertia:
Jz = Ix+Iy
Compiled by Samar Das
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