Vizcarra Tobby A.

Engr. Ablaza, Matt Angelo

June 9, 2016
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Moment of Inertia Formulas

Where :
C is the centroid
A is the area of the shape
d is the distance from the centroidal axis to the desired parallel axis
x y are the x and y distances of the centroid from the origin of the desired coordinate
frame.
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

Inner Radius of Circle

Hexagon

Centroids of Common Shapes