Ex 3: Determine the moment of inertia of a uniform disc having mass M ,

radius R about an axis passing through centre & perpendicular to the

plane of disc?
Theorems on moment of inertia

1. Theorem of perpendicular axes

For a planar body, the moment of inertia about an axis perpendicular to
plane of the body is the sum of the moment of inertia about two
perpendicular axes in the plane of the object provided that all the three
axes are concurrent.
2. Theorem of parallel axes
The moment of inertia about any axis parallel to an axis through the mass
centre is given by sum of moment of inertia about the axis through the
mass centre and product term of mass of the body and square of the
distance between the axes.