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Second Moment of Area
Second Moment of Area
Second Moment of Area
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The second moment of area for an arbitrary shape with
respect to an arbitrary axis BB is defined as Ixy = xy dx dy
A
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2 5 EXAMPLES
where
4 Composite shapes
For more complex areas, it is often easier to divide the
area into a series of “simpler” shapes. The second mo-
ment of area for the entire shape is the sum of the second
moment of areas of all of its parts about a common axis.
This can include shapes that are “missing” (i.e. holes,
hollow shapes, etc.), in which case the second moment
of area of the “missing” areas are subtracted, rather than
added. In other words, the second moment of area of
“missing” parts are considered negative for the method
of composite shapes.
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Consider an annulus whose center is at the origin, outside gon all values will be negative with same absolute value)
radius is ro , and inside radius is ri . Because of the sym-
metry of the annulus, the centroid also lies at the origin.
We can determine the polar moment of inertia, Jz , about 1 ∑ 2
i=N
8 External links
• Calculator for Second Moment of Area
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