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Usefull Moment of Inertia Formula Sheet
Usefull Moment of Inertia Formula Sheet
Note: In the table below, the overbar indicates the moment of inertia is taken about an axis that
passes through the centroid, denoted as ‘C’. Parallel axis theorems are:
I x I x Ad 2 I y I y Ad 2 I xy I xy Ax y
Here, A is the area of the shape, d is the distance from the centroidal axis to the desired parallel
axis, and x y are the x and y distances of the centroid from the origin of the desired coordinate
frame.
Rectangle: y y`
I x 1 bh 3 I x 1 bh 3
b/2
12 3
I y 1 b 3 h I y 1 b3h h C x`
12 3
h/2
I xy 0 Area = bh
x
b
Triangle:
s
I x 1 bh 3 I x 1 bh 3
36 12
h
b(b 2s)h 2 1 C x`
I xy Area bh h/3
72 2 x
b
Circle:
y
I x I y 1 r 4
4
r
I xy 0 C x
Area r 2
Semi-circle: y
I x I y 1 r 4 I x' 8 r 4 4r/3π
8 8 9 r C x`
r 2 x
I xy 0 Area
2
Ellipse: y
I x 1 ab 3 I y 1 a 3b
4 4 r C x
I xy 0
b
Area ab
a