CE 231/ES 033

MOMENT OF INERTIA
and PRODUCT OF
INERTIA
 DEFINITION OF MOMENT OF INERTIA
•The moment of inertia about any point or axis is the product of
the area and the square of its perpendicular distance between a
reference axis and the center of gravity of the area. It is also
called second moment of area.
•In case of a rigid body, mass is considered and it is called
second moment of mass.
•Second moment of area = Moment of Inertia
•Second moment of mass = Mass Moment of Inertia
•Denoted by MI or MOI.
• Moment of inertia is not a physical quantity but it enables
ease of calculation such as the bending of a bar, torsion
of a shaft and in the determination of stresses in any
cross section of a machine element or an engineering
structure.
MOMENT OF INERTIA
ABOUT THE X AXIS
MOMENT OF INERTIA
ABOUT THE Y-AXIS
MOMENT OF INERTIA OF COMMON
GEOMETRIC SHAPES
Find the
moment of
inertia of the
area shown:
Determine the
moment of inertia
of the area shown
in Fig. P-819 with
respect to its
centroidal axes.
POLAR MOMENT OF INERTIA
 POLAR MOMENT OF INERTIA
Problem
A rectangle is 3 in. by 6 in. Determine the polar moment of inertia
and the radius of gyration with respect to a polar axis through one
corner.
PRODUCT
OF INERTIA
y/h =(b-x)/b
SAMPLE PROBLEM: Product of Inertia of a Quarter Circle