Geometric Properties of Line and Area Elements

Centroid Location Centroid Location Area Moment of Inertia

y y
L ! 2ur A ! ur 2
r r
u u 1 4 1
x x Ix = r (u – sin 2u)
u C C 4 2
u
1 1
r sin u 2 r sin u Iy = r4(u + sin 2u)
3 4 2
u u
Circular arc segment Circular sector area
y

A ! 14 pr 2
1 4
4r
— Ix = πr
L ! p–2 r L ! pr r 3p 16
C
x 1 4
r 2r C r Iy = πr
C —
p 4r
— 16
3p

Quarter and semicircle arcs Quarter circle area

a A ! –12 h (a " b) y
r 2
A ! p—–
2 1 4
h C Ix = πr
x 4r
— 8
3p
r
–1 2 a " b h C 1
b 3 a "b x Iy = πr4
8
Trapezoidal area Semicircular area
y
b A! 23– ab A ! pr2
1
a C r Ix = πr4
3– 4
5a x
C 1 4
Iy = πr
4
–3 b
8

Semiparabolic area Circular area

1
A! — ab y A ! bh
3 1 3
b Ix = bh
C 3
— b h x 12
10 C
–3 a 1 3
4 Iy = hb
a b 12
Exparabolic area Rectangular area
a

b
C A ! –12 bh
1 3
4 ab Ix = bh
A= —
3
h C 36
x
1–
3h
2
5 a
— b
Parabolic area Triangular area
Center of Gravity and Mass Moment of Inertia of Homogeneous Solids
z z

r
V ! πr 2h
V! 4–3 π r 3 r h
–
G G 2

y h
– y
2
x
x
Cylinder
Sphere
1 1
2 Ixx = Iyy = m(3r2 + h2) Izz = mr2
Ixx = Iyy = Izz = mr2 12 2
5
z
z

1
V ! –π r 2 h h
3 –
G 4 h
V ! –23 pr 3
G y
r y r
x
x 3– r Cone
8
3 3
Hemisphere Ixx = Iyy = m(4r2 + h2) Izz = mr2
80 10
2
Ixx = Iyy = 0.259 mr2 Izz = mr2 z
5

z
z'

G
G
a y
r
y b
x
x Thin plate
Thin Circular disk 1 1 1
Ixx = mb2 Iyy = ma2 Izz = m(a2 + b2)
1 1 3 12 12 12
Ixx = Iyy = mr2 Izz = mr2 Iz¿z¿ = mr2 z
4 2 2
z
l
2
G
r
G l y
x
y 2

x y¿
x¿
Thin ring
Slender Rod
1
Ixx = Iyy = mr2 Izz = mr2 1 1
2 Ixx = Iyy = ml 2 Ix¿x¿ = Iy¿y¿ = ml 2 Iz¿z¿ = 0
12 3