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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 '  81  r 4
4r
y 9 2  64 4
r C x' 3 I x'  r
72
x
A  12  r 2
P  r (2   )
Quarter circular Area    
y
xy
4r I x  I y  161  r 4
y' 3
9 2  64 4
A  4  r2
1 I x'  I y'  r
C
x' 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
x, x' 4 r 4 sin 2 ( )
C
 A   r2 I y '  14 r 4 (  12 sin( 2 )) 
r 9
P  2r (1   )
Circular Segment    
Area I x  14 r 4 (  2 sin 3  cos 
y, y'
 sin  cos  )
C x'
I y  I y'  1
r 4 (3  2 sin 3  cos 
  12

r x  3 sin  cos  )

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x 0
2 r sin 3 
y
3(  sin  cos  )
A  r 2 (  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 b 1
2 I x  13 bh 3
y  12 h I y  13 h b3
A  bh
h C x' 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)
y  
a 3 ab  h 3 ( a 2  4ab  b2 )
I x' 
h x' A  12 h (a  b) 36( a  b)
C
x
b
 
Triangle    
y y' x  (b  c )
1
3 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(b2  bc  c 2 )
b
Right Triangle    
y x b 1
3 I x  121 b h 3
y'
y  13 h I y  121 b 3h
A  12 bh
h I x'  1
36 b h3
C x' P bh b h 2 2
I y'  1
b 3h
x 36
b
Quarter-circle    
spandrel  5  4
I x  1  r
 16 
1  
Iy    r 4
 3 16 

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y 2r
y' x
3( 4   )
r
(10  3 )
y r
3(4   )
C x'
x A  r 2  14  r 2
P  2r  12  r
 
Parabolic    
semisegment x a3
16 3
8
Ix  ab
y y' y  25 b 105
 x  2
A  23 ab 2
y  b 1  2  I y  ba 3
 a  15
b
C x'
x
a
Parabolic spandrel    
y x a 3
ab3
y' 4
Ix 
b 2 y  103 b 21
y x
a2 A  13 ab ba 3
b
Iy 
5
C x'

a x

 
 

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