ENGINEERING
GE 107
MECHANICS
Lecture 9
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Unit III Properties of
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Surfaces and Solids
• Determination of Areas and Volumes –
– First moment of area and the Centroid of sections –
– Rectangle, circle, triangle from integration –
– T section, I section, Angle section, Hollow section by using standard formula –
• Second and product moments of plane area –
– Physical relevance –
– Rectangle, triangle, circle from integration –
– T section, I section, Angle section, Hollow section by using standard formula –
• Parallel axis theorem and perpendicular axis theorem –
• Polar moment of inertia
• Mass moment of inertia –
– Derivation of mass moment of inertia for rectangular section, prism, sphere
from first principle –
– Relation to area moments of inertia.
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Product Moment of Inertia
• Product of Inertia for an Area is required in order to
determine the maximum and minimum moments of
inertia for the area.
• The maximum and minimum values are important
properties needed for designing structural and
mechanical members such as beams, columns and Fig. (a)
shafts.
• The effectiveness of the beam shown in figure (a) to
resist bending, can be determined once its moments
of inertia and its product of inertia are known.
• The product of inertia of the area as shown in figure
(b) with respect to the x and y axes is defined as
Fig. (b)
Product Moment of Inertia
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(Contd.)
• Unlike the moment of inertia Ix or Iy,
the product of inertia Ixy may either
be
– positive,
– negative or
– even zero,
– depending on the location and
orientation of the coordinate axes.
• If x or y is negative, the product of
inertia will be negative and
• if x or y axis is an axis of symmetry
for the area, it will be zero.
Product Moment of Inertia
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(Contd.)
• Applying Parallel Axis Theorem, for the
shaded area shown in figure,
• x ' and y ' represent a set of axes passing
through the centroid or the area
• x and y represent a corresponding set of
parallel axes.
• As the product of inertia of dA with respect to the x and
y axes is dIxy = (x' + dx)(Y' + dy) dA
• For the entire area,
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Principal Moment of Inertia
• The axes about which the moments of inertia for the
area are maximum and minimum is called the
Principal Axis Of The Area and
• The corresponding moments of inertia with respect
to these axes are called the Principal Moment of
Inertia
• In general, there is a set of principal axes for every
chosen origin O, but for structural and mechanical
design, the origin O is located at the centroid of the
area.
Principal Moment of Inertia
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(Contd.)
• Let the principal axes be U and V axes as
shown
• The coordinates for the axes in relation
to x and y is given as
• With these equations. the moments and
product of inertia of dA about the U and
V axes become
Principal Moment of Inertia
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(Contd.)
• Expanding each expression and integrating, we get
• Using the trigonometric identities sin 2 = 2sin cos
and cos2 = cos2 - sin2 the above expressions can be
simplified as
Principal Moment of Inertia
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(Contd.)
• The orientation of the principal axes about which the moment
of inertia is minimum or maximum can be found by
differentiating any of the above equations with respect to
• Therefore
• The two roots 1 and 2 can be obtained by Substituting
each of the sine and cosine ratios into the
first or second Equations shown in the previous slide,
we get
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Problem 1
• Determine the principal moments of inertia
and the orientation of the principal axes for
the cross-sectional area of the member shown
in figure with respect to an axis passing
through the centroid.
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Solution to Problem 1
• The Ix and Iy for the given beam cross section is already
determined in the problem 6 of Lecture slide 8.
•To find the product moment of inertia,
• The total product moment of area is
Solution to Problem 1
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(Contd.)
• The angle of inclination of Principal axes is determined as
• By inspection,
• Thus the principal moments of inertia are
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Mass Moment of Inertia
• The mass moment of inertia of a body is a measure of the body's
resistance to angular acceleration.
– the rotational behavior of the cranks haft
shown is dependent upon the mass
moment of inertia of the crank shaft with
respect to its axis of rotation
• Consider a small mass m mounted on a rod of negligible mass
which can rotate freely about an axis AA’ as shown in figure.
• If a couple is applied to the system, the rod and mass,
assumed to be initially at rest, will start rotating about AA’.
• The time required for the system to reach a given speed
of rotation is proportional to the mass m and to
the square of the distance r.
Mass Moment of Inertia
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(Contd.)
• The product r2 m provides, therefore, a
measure of the inertia of the system, i.e., a
measure of the resistance the system offers
when we try to set it in motion.
• For this reason, the product r2 m is called the
moment of inertia of the mass m with
respect to the axis AA’.
Mass Moment of Inertia
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(Contd.)
• Consider now a body of mass m which is to be
rotated about an axis AA’ (Figure).
• Dividing the body into elements of mass m1, m2,
etc., we find that the body’s resistance to being
rotated is measured by the sum r12 m1 + r22 m2+. .
• This sum defines the moment of inertia of the body
with respect to the axis AA’.
• Increasing the number of elements, we find that the
moment of inertia is equal, in the limit, to the
integral
Mass Moment of Inertia
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(Contd.)
• The radius of gyration k of the body with respect to the axis AA’ is
defined by the relation
• The radius of gyration k represents, therefore, the distance
at which the entire mass of the body should be
concentrated if its moment of inertia with respect to
AA’ is to remain un change
• Whether it is kept in its original shape or whether it is
concentrated as shown in the mass m will react in the same way to
a rotation, or gyration, about AA’
Parallel Axis theorem for
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Mass Moment of Inertia
• Consider a body of mass m.
• Let Oxyz be a system of rectangular coordinates
whose origin is at the arbitrary point O, and
• Gx’y’z’ a system of parallel centroidal axes, i.e., a
system whose origin is at the center of gravity G of
the body and whose axes x’, y’, z’ are parallel to the
x, y and z axes, respectively .
• Denoting by x, y, z the coordinates of G with respect
to Oxyz, we write the following relations between
the coordinates x, y, z of the element dm with
respect to Oxyz and its coordinates x’, y’, z’ with
respect to the centroidal axes Gx’y’z’:
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Parallel Axis theorem for Mass
Moment of Inertia (Contd.)
• The first integral in this expression represents the
moment of inertia Ix’ of the body with respect to the
centroidal axis x’
• the second and third integrals represent the first
moment of the body with respect to the z’x’ and x’y’
planes, respectively and
• since both planes contain G, the two integrals are zero;
• the last integral is equal to the total mass m of the
body. We write, therefore,
Mass Moments of Inertia of
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Thin Plates
• Consider a thin plate of uniform thickness t, which is made of a
homogeneous material of density (density= mass per unit volume).
• The mass moment of inertia of the plate with respect to an axis AA’
contained in the plane of the plate (as in figure) is
• As t dA = dm,
• Or
Mass Moments of Inertia
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of Thin Plates (Contd.)
• In the case of a rectangular plate of sides a and b
• Similarly
And
• In the case of a circular plate, or disk,
of radius r
Mass Moments of Inertia
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of Thin Plates (Contd.)
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Problem 2
• If the plate shown in figure has a density of
8000 kg/m3 and a thickness of 10 mm,
determine its mass moment of inertia about
an axis perpendicular to the page and passing
through the pin at O.
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Solution to Problem 2
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Solution to Problem 2 (Contd.)
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Problem 3
• A thin steel plate which is 4 mm thick is cut and
bent to form the machine part shown. Knowing
that the density of steel is 7850 kg/m3, determine
the moments of inertia of the machine part with
respect to the coordinate axes.
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Solution to Problem 3
• The machine part consists of
• a semicircular plate and
• a rectangular plate from which
• a circular plate has been removed
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Solution to Problem 3 (Contd.)
• As only the density is given, to determine
the mass, their volumes are needed
• For Semicircular Plate
• For the rectangular plate
• For the circular plate
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Solution to Problem 3 (Contd.)
• To find the total mass moments of Inertia, the moments of
inertia of each component is to be obtained.
• For the Semicircular Plate,
• For the rectangular Plate,
• For the circular plate (hole)
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Solution to Problem 3 (Contd.)
• For the entire machine
