Moment of Inertia (Second Moment)

B-Moment of inertia by integration

It is defined as the summation of the product of the element of area and square of their
distance from any axis:

Ix = . dA
And
Iy = . dA

EX1 // Find Ix and Iy.

2
X

SOLUTION

1- Ix
Ix = . dA
4
=0 2 . x dy 2
y=x 1
4 1
4 5 x= = 2
= 0 2 2 dy = 0 2 dy
7 4
2 2 256
= [ 2 ] = [128 0] =
7 0 7 7

2- Iy
dA = ( 4 -y )dx = (4 x2) dx
1
Iy = . dA
2
=0 2 .(4 - x2) dx
2
= 0 (4x2- x4) dx
4 1 2 4 1 64
= | 3 5| = (8) - (32) =
3 5 0 3 5 15