Properties of Area Elements

Notation:
C = centroid
r = radius
x = x centroid location
y = y centroid location
x', y' = centroidal axes
A = area
P = perimeter
Ix = area moment of inertia about the x axis
Iy = area moment of inertia about the y axis
Ix' = area moment of inertia about the x' axis
Iy ' = area moment of inertia about the y' axis

Circle
y, y' x 0 I x  45  r 4
yr I x '  I y '  14  r 4
r
C x' A   r2
P  2 r
x
Semicircular Area
y, y' x 0 I x  I y  I y '  18  r 4
4r 9 2  64 4
C x'
y I x'  r
r 3
x 72
A  12  r 2
P  r (2   )
Quarter circular Area
y 4r I x  I y  161  r 4
y' xy
3
9 2  64 4
x' A  4  r2
1 I x'  I y'  r
C 144
r
x P  r ( 2  12  )

Circular Sector Area

y y' 2r sin  I x  I x '  14 r 4 (  12 sin(2 ))
x
3 I y  14 r 4 (  12 sin(2 ))

y 0
C x, x' 4 r 4 sin 2 ( )
 A  r 2
I y '  r (  sin(2 )) 
1 4 1
9
4 2
r
P  2r (1   )
Circular Segment Area
 y, y' x 0 I x  14 r 4 (  2 sin 3  cos 
C x' 2 r sin 3   sin  cos  )
  y
3(  sin  cos  ) I y  I y'  1
r 4 (3  2 sin 3  cos 
r x 12
A  r 2 (  sin  cos  )  3 sin  cos  )
P  2 r (  sin  )

Ellipse
y, y' x 0 I x  14  a b3
y0 I y  14  ba 3
b
C x, x' A   ab

a
Rectangle
y y' x  12 b I x  13 bh 3
y  12 h I y  13 h b3
x' A  bh
h C I x '  121 bh 3
x P  2bh
b I y '  121 h b3
Trapezoid
y y' h  2a  b  I x  121 h 3 (3a  b)
a
y  
3 ab  h 3 ( a 2  4ab  b 2 )
I x' 
h x' A  12 h( a  b) 36(a  b)
C
x
b

Triangle
y y' x  13 (b  c ) I x  121 b h 3
c
y  13 h I y  121 bh(b2  bc  c 2 )
A  12 bh
h I x'  1
36 b h3
C x'
x
I y'  1
36 bh(b 2  bc  c 2 )
b
Right Triangle
y x  13 b Ix  1
b h3
y' 12
y  13 h Iy  1
b 3h
12
A  12 bh
h I x'  1
36 b h3
C x' P  b  h  b2  h 2
x I y'  1
36 b 3h
b
Quarter-circle spandrel
y y' x
2r  5  4
I x  1  r
3(4   )  16 
r
(10  3 ) 1  
y r Iy    r 4
3( 4   )  3 16 
C x'
x A  r 2  14  r 2
P  2r  12  r

Parabolic semisegment
y y' x  83 a 16 3
Ix  ab
 x  2
y b 2 105
y  b  1  2  5

 a  A  23 ab 2
I y  ba 3
b 15
C x'
x
a
Parabolic spandrel
y y' x  43 a ab3
Ix 
b 2 y  103 b 21
y  x
a2 A  13 ab ba 3
b Iy 
5
C x'

a x