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Inertia Formulas
Inertia Formulas
Note: In the table below, the overbar indicates the moment of inertia is taken about an axis that
passes through the centroid, denoted as C. Parallel axis theorems are:
I xy I xy Ax y
I y I y Ad
I x I x Ad 2
Here, A is the area of the shape, d is the distance from the centroidal axis to the desired parallel
axis, and x y are the x and y distances of the centroid from the origin of the desired coordinate
frame.
2
Rectangle:
I x 1 bh 3
12
I y 1 b 3 h
12
I x 1 bh 3
3
I y 1 b3h
3
I xy 0
y`
b/2
Area = bh
x`
h/2
x
Triangle:
I x 1 bh 3
36
I xy
I x 1 bh 3
12
b(b 2 s ) h 2
72
Area
1
bh
2
C
h/3
x`
x
Circle:
I x I y 1 r 4
4
I xy 0
Area r 2
Semi-circle:
I x I y 1 r 4
8
I x ' 8 r 4
8 9
I xy 0
Area
Ellipse:
I x 1 ab 3
4
I xy 0
Area ab
y
r
4r/3
x`
x
r 2
2
I y 1 a 3b
4
b
a