Useful Tables 689

TABLE D/3 PROPERTIES OF PLANE FIGURES

AREA MOMENTS
FIGURE CENTROID
OF INERTIA

r
Arc Segment α – C – r sin α —
α r r = ––––––
α

Quarter and Semicircular Arcs

C C – 2r
y = –– —
–
y r ␲

y
␲ r4
Ix = Iy = –––
4
r —
Circular Area x ␲ r4
C Iz = –––
2

␲ r4
y Ix = Iy = –––
8

– ␲
Semicircular
Area r
C
–
– 4r
y = ––
3␲ (
8
8
Ix = – – –– r4
9␲ )
y
x ␲ r4
Iz = –––
4

␲ r4
y Ix = Iy = –––
16

– – ␲
Quarter-Circular
r
–
x C
–
x = – 4r
y = ––
3␲ ( 4
Ix = Iy = — – –– r4
16 9␲ )
Area –
y
Iz = ␲
x r4
–––
8

r4
y Ix = –– (α – 1
– sin 2α)
4 2
r
– r sin α
Area of Circular α – x x =2
– –––––– r4 (α + 1 sin 2α )
Iy = –– –
Sector α x 3 α 4 2
C
Iz = 1
– r4α
2
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TABLE D/3 PROPERTIES OF PLANE FIGURES Continued

AREA MOMENTS
FIGURE CENTROID
OF INERTIA

Rectangular Area bh3

Ix = –––
y0 3

– bh3
C Ix = –––
h x0 — 12
x – bh
Iz = –– (b2 + h2)
b 12

bh3
Ix = –––
a x1 – a+b
x = –––– 12
y 3
–
x C h –
Triangular Area bh3
–
y Ix = –––
36
x – h
y = ––
b 3 bh3
Ix1 = –––
4

ab3 – ␲
Ix = ␲
y
Area of Elliptical
Quadrant –
x = 4a
–– 16 16 9␲
4
(
––––, Ix = –– – –– ab3
)
3␲
Iy = ␲ a3b I– = ––
␲ – ––
– –
––––,
16
y
4
16 9␲ (a3b
)
b
x C y = 4b
––
– 3␲
y ␲ ab
x Iz = ––– (a2 + b2)
a 16

Subparabolic Area
ab3
Ix = –––
b – 21
x = 3a
2 — 2
y y = kx = a2 x ––
4
a3b
Iy = –––
Area A = ab
–– 5
3 –
x C b –
y = 3b
––
– a3 b2
a
y
x
10
(
Iz = ab –– + ––
5 21 )
Parabolic Area
2ab3
y Ix = ––––
–
b
y = kx2 = — x2 x = 3a
–– 7
8
a a2
2a3
– Iy = ––––b
Area A = 2ab
––– b
x C –
15
3 – y = 3b
––
y 5 a2 b2
x (
Iz = 2ab –– + ––
15 7 )