Sheet 2

1. Determine the distance to the centroid of

the area and then calculate the moments
of inertia about u ,v. For the calculation,
assume all corners to be square.
2. Determine the distance to the centroid of the area
and then calculate the moments of inertia about u
,v axes
3. Determine the product of
inertia for the shaded area with
respect to the x and y axes.
And moment of inertia about x
and y.
4. Determine the moment of inertia about x and y.
 5. Determine the moment of inertia for
the shaded area about the x axis , y
axis, and product moment of inertia xy
Solution
1
Differential Element. Here 𝑥2 = 𝑦 and 𝑥1 = 2 𝑦 2 .
The area of the differential element parallel to the x
axis shown shaded in Fig. is 𝑑𝐴 = (𝑥2 − 𝑥1)𝑑𝑦
1
= (𝑦 − 𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑦.
2
Moment of Inertia. Perform the integration,

Differential Element. Here 𝑦2 = √2𝑥 and 𝑦1 = 𝑥. The area of the differential element parallel
to the x axis shown shaded in Fig. is 𝑑𝐴 = (𝑦2 − 𝑦1)𝑑𝑦 = (√2𝑥 − 𝑥)𝑑𝑥.
 (√2𝑥 − 𝑥) (√2𝑥 − 𝑥)
𝐼𝑥𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑑𝐴 = 𝑥 (√2𝑥 − 𝑥)𝑑𝑥 = 0.6667
2 2