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Moment of inertial tensor
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The triangular prism (like a box of Toblerone) is shown in the below figure. The prism is
equilateral triangular prism, take

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The length of the prism is and the length of each side of triangle of prism is . Thus, the
height of the prism is,

The area of the triangular prism base is,

The volume of the triangular prism is defined as follows:

Thus, the volume density of the triangular prism is,

Here, V is volume of the prism and M is the mass of the prism.

Substitute for .

Let be the axis along the perpendicular of the triangle, with being the vertex of the
triangular prism. Thus, the range of is,

The side of the Toblerone is 2a. The y axis is . Thus, the x component will be as follows:

Hence, x should vary from -a to a.

So, in terms of y, the limits of x can be written as follows:

The range of at any value of is,

On substituting for y in the above equation, the limits of x varies from .

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The distance squared from the z-axis is .

So, the moment of inertia about an axis parallel to the z-axis passing through one corner of the
prism is,

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Substitute for in equation .

From the properties of the prism (like a box of Toblerone), the distance of the centroid from the
vertex of the triangular prism is,

Substitute for in .

Hence, the moment of inertia of the prism around an axis passing through centroid is,

Use the moment of inertia about an axis parallel to the z-axis passing through one corner of the
prism and the moment of inertia of the prism around an axis passing through centroid to find the
required moment of inertia of the prism is,

Substitute for , and for in .

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Consider the plane equilateral triangle of mass m and side 2a. The figure is drawn below:

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Using the perpendicular axis theorem, the rotational inertia about the axis shown by the dotted
line is,

Further, dividing the prism into a stack of equilateral triangle pieces. From parallel axis theorem,
the rotational inertia of the equilateral triangle of mass dm and height z above the origin is,

On integrating,

Due to symmetry, .

Hence, .

The inertia tensor for the prism is,

Here, the products of inertia are equal to zero because to symmetry

about the axis that is the planes bisect the prism orthogonally to its rectangular sides.

Substitute for , for , for , 0 for , 0 for ,0

for , 0 for , 0 for , and 0 for in .

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Therefore, the moment of inertia tensor is .

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