ENGINEERING MECHANICS

STATICS OF RIGID BODIES

CHAPTER 6
MOMENTS OF INERTIA
• MOMENTS OF INERTIA

What is INERTIA?
It is the property of a body by virtue of which it resists
change in its state of rest or motion.

Moment of inertia, denoted by I, measures the extent to

which an object resists rotational acceleration about a
particular axis, and is the rotational analogue to mass (which
determines an object's resistance to linear acceleration).

Is sometimes called the “SECOND MOMENT OF

AREA” because each differential area is multiplied by its
moment arm gives the moment of area; when multiplied a
second time by its moment arm, it gives the moment of inertia.
• RADIUS OF GYRATION

The term RADIUS OF GYRATION is used to describe

mathematical expression and appears most frequently in column
formulas. Radius of gyration is usually denoted by the symbol k and is
defined by the relation,

𝑰
𝒌= 𝑜𝑟 𝑰 = 𝑨𝒌𝟐
𝑨

𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒:
𝑰 − 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑎
𝑨 − 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎
• MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR
COMPOSITE AREAS
When a composite area can be divided into geometric elements
for which the moments of inertia are known, the moment of inertia for
the composite area is the sum of the moments of inertia for the separate
elements. Before the moments of inertia of the elements can be added,
however, they must all be found with respect to the same axis.

𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒:
𝒙𝒐 𝑎𝑛𝑑𝒚𝒐 − 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒
𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝒙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒚 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠, ഥ ഥ.
𝒙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒚
• TRANSFER FORMULA FOR MOMENT
OF INERTIA
The PARALLEL AXIS THEOREM is used to shift the reference point
of the individual bodies to the reference point of the assembly.

𝑰𝒙𝒐 = ෍ 𝑰𝒙 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐
𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚

𝑰𝒚𝒐 = ෍ 𝑰𝒚 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐
𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒:
𝑰𝒙𝒐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑰𝒚𝒐 − 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒
𝑨 − 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝒅 − 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠
 The dimensions of the T section of a cast iron beam are shown.
Determine the centroidal moments of inertia.
𝒚
𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚 (𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂)
𝟐"
2 1
𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 1 𝟑+ =𝟒 𝟐+ 8 =𝟔 2(8) = 𝟏𝟔
2 2
1 1
𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 2 8 =𝟒 2 =𝟏 2(8) = 𝟏𝟔
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏 2 2
𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿 𝐴𝑅𝐸𝐴: 32
8" 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦:
ത
A𝑦ത = Σay
3" 32 𝑦ത = 16(6) + 16(1)
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐 ഥ = 𝟑. 𝟓" 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒
𝒚
𝒙 𝟐" 𝒙 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥:ҧ

8"
A𝑥ҧ = Σax
32 𝑥ҧ = 16(4) + 16(4)
ഥ
𝒙 = 𝟒 " 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠
The dimensions of the T section of a cast iron beam are shown.
Determine the centroidal moments of inertia.
𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚 (𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂)
𝒚𝒐
ഥ
𝒙=𝟒 2 1
𝟐" 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 1 𝟑+ =𝟒 𝟐+ 8 =𝟔 2(8) = 𝟏𝟔
2 2
1 1
𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 2 8 =𝟒 2 =𝟏 2(8) = 𝟏𝟔
2 2
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏 𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿 𝐴𝑅𝐸𝐴: 32
𝑰𝒙𝒐 = ෍ 𝑰𝒙 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐
8"
𝑏ℎ3 𝑏ℎ 3
𝒅𝟏 𝐼𝑥𝑜 = + 𝐴𝑑 2 + + 𝐴𝑑2
12 12
3" 𝒙𝒐
𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐

𝒅𝟐 2(8)3
ഥ = 𝟑. 𝟓
𝒚 𝐼𝑥𝑜 = + 16(6 − 3.5)2 +
𝟐" 𝒙 12
8(2)3
+ 16(3.5 − 1)2
8" 12
∴ 𝑰𝒙𝒐 = 𝟐𝟗𝟎. 𝟔𝟕 𝒊𝒏𝟒
The dimensions of the T section of a cast iron beam are shown.
Determine the centroidal moments of inertia.
𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝑰𝒙 𝑰𝒚 𝒅𝒙𝒐 𝒅𝒚𝒐
𝒚𝒐
ഥ
𝒙=𝟒 𝑅1
2 1
𝟑 + = 𝟒 𝟐 + 8 = 𝟔 2(8) = 𝟏𝟔
𝑏ℎ
=
2(8) ℎ𝑏 3 3 3
=
8(2)3 6 − 3.5
𝟎
𝟐" 2 2 12 12 12 12 = 𝟐. 𝟓

1 1 𝑏ℎ3 8(2)3 ℎ𝑏 3 2(8)3 3.5 − 1

𝑅2 8 =𝟒 2 =𝟏 2(8) = 𝟏𝟔 = = 𝟎
2 2 12 12 12 12 = 𝟏. 𝟓

𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿: 32
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏
𝑰𝒚𝒐 = ෍ 𝑰𝒚 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐
8"
ℎ𝑏 3 ℎ𝑏 3
𝐼𝑦𝑜 = + 𝐴𝑑 2 + + 𝐴𝑑2
12 12
3" 𝒐 𝒙𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
8(2)3
ഥ = 𝟑. 𝟓
𝒚 𝐼𝑦𝑜 = + 16(0)2 +
𝟐" 𝒙 12
2(8)3
+ 16(0)2
8" 12
∴ 𝑰𝒚𝒐 = 𝟗𝟎. 𝟔𝟕 𝒊𝒏𝟒
The dimensions of the T section of a cast iron beam are shown.
Determine the centroidal moments of inertia.
𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝑰𝒙 𝑰𝒚 𝒅𝒙𝒐 𝒅𝒚𝒐
𝒚𝒐
ഥ
𝒙=𝟒 𝑅1
2 1
𝟑 + = 𝟒 𝟐 + 8 = 𝟔 2(8) = 𝟏𝟔
𝑏ℎ
=
2(8) ℎ𝑏 3 3 3
=
8(2)3 6 − 3.5
𝟎
𝟐" 2 2 12 12 12 12 = 𝟐. 𝟓

1 1 𝑏ℎ3 8(2)3 ℎ𝑏 3 2(8)3 3.5 − 1

𝑅2 8 =𝟒 2 =𝟏 2(8) = 𝟏𝟔 = = 𝟎
2 2 12 12 12 12 = 𝟏. 𝟓

𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿: 32
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏
𝑰𝒚𝒐 = ෍ 𝑰𝒚 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐
8"
ℎ𝑏 3 ℎ𝑏 3
𝐼𝑦𝑜 = + 𝐴𝑑 2 + + 𝐴𝑑2
12 12
3" 𝒐 𝒙𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
8(2)3
ഥ = 𝟑. 𝟓
𝒚 𝐼𝑦𝑜 = + 16(0)2 +
𝟐" 𝒙 12
2(8)3
+ 16(0)2
8" 12
∴ 𝑰𝒚𝒐 = 𝟗𝟎. 𝟔𝟕 𝒊𝒏𝟒
 𝒚 Determine the moments of inertia of the built-up
column section shown. It is composed of two
16” by 1” plates riveted to two 12”-20.7 lb
channels.
Area ഥ
𝒙 ഥ
𝒚
5”x3”x1/2” angle 3.75 1.75 0.75
6”x4”x1” angle 9 2.17 1.17
𝒙 𝒙 6”x6”x1/2” angle 5.75 1.68 1.68
𝒙𝒐 8”x6”x1” angle 13 2.65 1.65 Web thck
10”–15.3 lb channel 4.47 0.64 0 0.24
𝟐𝐂𝐬
12”-20.7 lb channel 6.03 0.70 0 0.28
− 𝟐𝟎. 𝟕 𝐥𝐛

ഥ
𝒙 = 𝟎′ ഥ=𝟎
𝒚
𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 (𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂)
𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 (𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡) 𝟒 + 0.70 = 𝟒. 𝟕 𝟎 𝟔. 𝟎𝟑
𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 (𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡) − 𝟒 + 0.70 = −𝟒. 𝟕 𝟎 𝟔. 𝟎𝟑
1
𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 (𝑢𝑝) 𝟎 1 + 6 = 𝟔. 𝟓 16 1 = 𝟏𝟔
2
1
𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 (𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛) 𝟎 − 1 + 6 = −𝟔. 𝟓 16 1 = 𝟏𝟔
2
𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿: 44.06
 𝒚𝒐 𝑰𝒙𝒐 = ෍ 𝑰𝒙 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐

𝐼𝑥𝑜 = 𝐼𝑥 + 𝐴𝑑 2 + 𝐼𝑥 + 𝐴𝑑 2 +
𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 (𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕) 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 (𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕)

𝒅𝟏 𝑏ℎ3 𝑏ℎ 3
+ 𝐴𝑑 2 + + 𝐴𝑑 2
12 12
𝒐 𝒙𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 (𝒖𝒑) 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 (𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏)

𝒅𝟐
𝐼𝑥𝑜 = 128.1 + 6.03(0)2 +
128.1 + 6.03(0)2 +

16(1)3
+ (16𝑥1)(6.5)2 +
Area ഥ
𝒙 ഥ
𝒚 𝑰𝒙 𝑰𝒚 12
5”x3”x1/2” angle 3.75 1.75 0.75 2.6 9.5
6”x4”x1/2” angle 4.75 1.99 0.99 6.3 17.4 16(1)3
+ (16𝑥1)(6.5)2
6”x4”x1” angle 9 2.17 1.17 12
6”x6”x1/2” angle 5.75 1.68 1.68
∴ 𝑰𝒙𝒐 = 𝟏𝟔𝟏𝟎. 𝟖𝟕 𝒊𝒏𝟒
8”x4”x1” angle 11 3.05 1.05 11.6 69.6
8”x6”x1” angle 13 2.65 1.65 38.8 80.8 Web t
10”–15.3 lb channel 4.47 0.64 0 66.9 2.3 0.24
12”-20.7 lb channel 6.03 0.70 0 128.1 3.9 0.28
 𝒚𝒐 𝑰𝒚𝒐 = ෍ 𝑰𝒙 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐

𝐼𝑦𝑜 = 𝐼𝑥 + 𝐴𝑑2 + 𝐼𝑥 + 𝐴𝑑 2 +
𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 (𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕) 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 (𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕)

ℎ𝑏 3 ℎ𝑏 3
+ 𝐴𝑑 2 + + 𝐴𝑑 2
𝒅𝟏 𝒅𝟐 12 12
𝒐 𝒙𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 (𝒖𝒑) 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 (𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏)

𝐼𝑦𝑜 = 3.9 + 6.03(𝟒 + 0.7)2 +

3.9 + 6.03(𝟒 + 0.7)2 +

1(16)3
+ (1𝑥16)(0)2 +
Area ഥ
𝒙 ഥ
𝒚 𝑰𝒙 𝑰𝒚 12
5”x3”x1/2” angle 3.75 1.75 0.75 2.6 9.5
6”x4”x1/2” angle 4.75 1.99 0.99 6.3 17.4 1(16)3
+ (1𝑥16)(0)2
6”x4”x1” angle 9 2.17 1.17 12
6”x6”x1/2” angle 5.75 1.68 1.68
∴ 𝑰𝒚𝒐 = 𝟗𝟓𝟔. 𝟖𝟕 𝒊𝒏𝟒
8”x4”x1” angle 11 3.05 1.05 11.6 69.6
8”x6”x1” angle 13 2.65 1.65 38.8 80.8 Web t
10”–15.3 lb channel 4.47 0.64 0 66.9 2.3 0.24
12”-20.7 lb channel 6.03 0.70 0 128.1 3.9 0.28
𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝑰𝒙 𝑰𝒚 𝒅𝒙𝒐 𝒅𝒚𝒐
𝟒 + 0.70
𝐶𝐿 𝟎 𝟔. 𝟎𝟑 𝟏𝟐𝟖. 𝟏 𝟑. 𝟗 𝟎 𝟒. 𝟕
= 𝟒. 𝟕
− 𝟒 + 0.70
𝐶𝑅 𝟎 𝟔. 𝟎𝟑 𝟏𝟐𝟖. 𝟏 𝟑. 𝟗 𝟎 𝟒. 𝟕
= −𝟒. 𝟕
1
1 +6 𝑏ℎ3 16(1)3 ℎ𝑏 3 1(16)3
𝑃𝑈 𝟎 2 16 1 = 𝟏𝟔 = = 𝟔. 𝟓 𝟎
= 𝟔. 𝟓 12 12 12 12

1 𝑏ℎ3 16(1)3 ℎ𝑏 3 1(16)3

𝑃𝐷 𝟎 − 1 + 6 = −𝟔. 𝟓 16 1 = 𝟏𝟔 = = 𝟔. 𝟓 𝟎
2 12 12 12 12

𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿: 44.06
 𝒚𝒐 𝒕 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟒 A 10”- 15.3 lb channel is welded to the top of
10”–15.3 lb channel 𝒚 a 14 WF 34 beam as shown. The wide flange
beam has an overall height of 14”, an area of
10in2 and I𝑥 = 339.2 in4 . Compute the
centroids and moment of inertia about the
centroidal X-axis.
𝒐 𝒙𝒐
𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂
𝟏𝟒"
1
𝟗. 𝟎𝟒" 14
𝑊𝐹 𝟎 2 𝟏𝟎
=𝟕
𝒙𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝟏𝟒 + 𝟎. 𝟐𝟒 −
𝟎 𝟒. 𝟒𝟕
Area ഥ
𝒙 ഥ
𝒚 𝑰𝒙 𝑰𝒚 0.64 = 𝟏𝟑. 𝟔
5”x3”x1/2” angle 3.75 1.75 0.75 2.6 9.5
6”x4”x1/2” angle 4.75 1.99 0.99 6.3 17.4 𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿: 14.47
6”x4”x1” angle 9 2.17 1.17
6”x6”x1/2” angle 5.75 1.68 1.68 ഥ = 𝟎" 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠
𝒙
8”x4”x1” angle 11 3.05 1.05 11.6 69.6 ഥ = 𝟗. 𝟎𝟒" 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠
𝒚
8”x6”x1” angle 13 2.65 1.65 38.8 80.8 Web t
10”–15.3 lb channel 4.47 0.64 0 66.9 2.3 0.24
12”-20.7 lb channel 6.03 0.70 0 128.1 3.9 0.28
 𝒚𝒐 𝒕 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟒
10”–15.3 lb channel 𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂
1
14
𝑊𝐹 𝟎 2 𝟏𝟎
𝒅𝟐 =𝟕
𝒐 𝒙𝒐 𝟏𝟒 + 𝟎. 𝟐𝟒 −
𝒅𝟏 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝟎 𝟒. 𝟒𝟕
0.64 = 𝟏𝟑. 𝟔
𝟏𝟒"
𝟗. 𝟎𝟒" 𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿: 14.47
𝟒
ഥ = 𝟎" 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠
𝒙
𝑰𝒙 = 𝟑𝟑𝟗. 𝟐 𝒊𝒏 ഥ = 𝟗. 𝟎𝟒" 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠
𝒚
𝒙
Area ഥ
𝒙 ഥ
𝒚 𝑰𝒙 𝑰𝒚 𝑰𝒙𝒐 = ෍ 𝑰𝒙 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐
5”x3”x1/2” angle 3.75 1.75 0.75 2.6 9.5
6”x4”x1/2” angle 4.75 1.99 0.99 6.3 17.4 𝐼𝑥𝑜 = 𝐼𝑥 + 𝐴𝑑2 + 𝐼𝑥 + 𝐴𝑑2
6”x4”x1” angle 9 2.17 1.17 𝑾𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍
6”x6”x1/2” angle 5.75 1.68 1.68
8”x4”x1” angle 11 3.05 1.05 11.6 69.6 𝐼𝑥𝑜 = 339.2 + 10(9.04 − 7)2 +
8”x6”x1” angle 13 2.65 1.65 38.8 80.8 Web t 𝟐. 𝟑 + 4.47(13.6 − 9.04)2 +
10”–15.3 lb channel 4.47 0.64 0 66.9 2.3 0.24
∴ 𝑰𝒙𝒐 = 𝟒𝟕𝟔. 𝟎𝟔 𝒊𝒏𝟒
12”-20.7 lb channel 6.03 0.70 0 128.1 3.9 0.28
 𝒚𝒐 𝒕 = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟒
10”–15.3 lb channel 𝒚

Area ഥ
𝒙 ഥ
𝒚 𝑰𝒙 𝑰𝒚
𝒅𝟐 5”x3”x1/2” angle 3.75 1.75 0.75 2.6 9.5
6”x4”x1/2” angle 4.75 1.99 0.99 6.3 17.4
𝒐 𝒙𝒐 6”x4”x1” angle 9 2.17 1.17
𝒅𝟏
6”x6”x1/2” angle 5.75 1.68 1.68
𝟏𝟒"
8”x4”x1” angle 11 3.05 1.05 11.6 69.6
𝟗. 𝟎𝟒" 8”x6”x1” angle 13 2.65 1.65 38.8 80.8 Web t
10”–15.3 lb channel 4.47 0.64 0 66.9 2.3 0.24
𝟒
𝑰𝒙 = 𝟑𝟑𝟗. 𝟐 𝒊𝒏 12”-20.7 lb channel 6.03 0.70 0 128.1 3.9 0.28

𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚 𝑨 𝑰𝒙 𝑰𝒚 𝒅𝒙𝒐 𝒅𝒚𝒐

1
𝑊𝐹 𝟎 14 = 𝟕 𝟏𝟎 𝟑𝟑𝟗. 𝟐 − 9.04 − 7 = 𝟐. 𝟎𝟒 𝟎
2

𝟏𝟒 + 𝟎. 𝟐𝟒 −
𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝟎 𝟒. 𝟒𝟕 𝟐. 𝟑 𝟔𝟔. 𝟗 13.6 − 9.04 = 𝟒. 𝟓𝟔 𝟎
0.64 = 𝟏𝟑. 𝟔

𝑇𝑂𝑇𝐴𝐿: 14.47
Determine the centroids and moments of inertia about the established x- and y-axis of
the cross section shown.
𝒚 6"
𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚
𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒙 𝒚
(𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂)
𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
3" 1 1 1
𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 1 − (6) = −𝟐 𝟔+ 3 =𝟕 (6) 3 = 𝟗
3 3 2
9" 1 2 1
3" 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 2
3
6 =𝟐
3
9 =𝟔
2
(6) 9 = 𝟐𝟕

𝟐" 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 −𝟑 𝟑 6(6) = 𝟑𝟔

3" 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 2
ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒 −𝟑 𝟑 −𝜋 2 = −𝟒𝝅
𝒙
3" 3"
ഥ
𝒙 = −𝟎. 𝟓𝟖 "
𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠

ഥ = 𝟒. 𝟗𝟕"
𝒚
𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠
Determine the centroids and moments of inertia about the established x- and y-axis of
the cross section shown.
𝑰𝒙 = ෍ 𝑰𝒙 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐
𝒚 6"
𝐼𝑥 = 4.5 + 9 7 2 + 121.5 + 27 6 2
𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
3" 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏

2 2
9" 108 + 36 3 − 4𝜋 + 4𝜋 3
3" 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
𝒅𝟏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆

𝟐" 𝒅𝟐
𝒅𝟑 &𝒅𝟒
3" 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆
∴ 𝑰𝒙 = 𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟓. 𝟑𝟒 𝒊𝒏𝟒
𝒙
3" 3"
𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒅𝒙 𝑰𝒙
1 1 𝑏ℎ3 6(3)3
𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 1 (6) 3 = 𝟗 𝟔+ 3 =𝟕 = = 𝟒. 𝟓
2 3 12 36
1 2 𝑏ℎ3 6(9)3
𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 2 (6) 9 = 𝟐𝟕 9 =𝟔 = = 𝟏𝟐𝟏. 𝟓
2 3 12 12
𝑏ℎ3 6(6)3
𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 6(6) = 𝟑𝟔 𝟑 = = 𝟏𝟎𝟖
12 12
ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 2 𝜋𝑟 4 𝜋(2)4
−𝜋 2 = −𝟒𝝅 𝟑 = = −𝟒𝝅
𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒 4 4
Determine the centroids and moments of inertia about the established x- and y-axis of
the cross section shown.
𝑰𝒚 = ෍ 𝑰𝒚 + 𝑨𝒅𝟐
𝒚 6"
𝐼𝑦 = 4.5 + 9 7 2 + 121.5 + 27 6 2
3" 𝒅𝟏 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟐
𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝟏

2 2
𝒅𝟐 9" 108 + 36 3 − 4𝜋 + 4𝜋 3
3" 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆
𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆

𝟐"
3" 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆
𝒅𝟑 &𝒅𝟒 ∴ 𝑰𝒚 = 𝟓𝟐𝟐. 𝟑𝟒 𝒊𝒏𝟒
𝒙
3" 3" 𝒅𝒚 𝑰𝒚
𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂
1 1 ℎ𝑏 3 3(6)3
𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 1 (6) 3 = 𝟗 − (6) = −𝟐 = = 𝟏𝟖
2 3 12 36
1 1 ℎ𝑏 3 9(6)3
𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 2 (6) 9 = 𝟐𝟕 6 =𝟐 = = 𝟓𝟒
2 3 12 12
ℎ𝑏 3 6(6)3
𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 6(6) = 𝟑𝟔 −𝟑 = = 𝟏𝟎𝟖
12 12
ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 2 𝜋𝑟 4 𝜋(2)4
−𝜋 2 = −𝟒𝝅 −𝟑 = = −𝟒𝝅
𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒 4 4