Moment of inertia Definition and 1000 Threads

Homework Statement Suppose I have a rod with a know length, L, and 2 point-liked mass with know mass, m, each of them are fixed at both ends of the rod. And the rode has an axle connected at its midpoint where the axle is connect to a circular spring. The rod(with the 2 mass) is rotated 180...

hello, I am trying to find the new moment of inertia total for a rectangular stainless steel 4"x2"x.25"thk with a 3"x.75" flat bar welded on top of the short side of the rectangular tube. The short side (.75") of the flat bar will be welded to the center of the rectangular tube to the 2"...

Homework Statement Two children on opposite ends of a merry-go-round of radius 1.6 m throw baseballs at the same speed of 30 m/s but in opposite directions as shown. The mass of each baseball is 0.14 kg, and the moment of inertia of the merry-go-round and children combined is 180 kg-m^2. If...

The following equations are found in the following reference (Page 119): http://www.eeh.ee.ethz.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/eeh/studies/courses/power_system_dynamics_and_control/Documents/DynamicsPartI_lecture_notes_2012.pdf By definition, the inertia constant for a synchronous machine is...

Homework Statement A uniform cylinder 20 cm long, suspended by a steel wire attached to its mid-point so that its long axis is horizontal, is found to oscillate with a period of 2 seconds when the wire is twisted and released. When a small disc, of mass 10 g, is attached to each end the...

Homework Statement Three small spherical masses are located in a plane at the positions shown below. The masses are Q=0.700 kg, R=0.400 kg, and S=0.800 kg. Calculate the moment of inertia (of the 3 masses) with respect to an axis perpendicular to the xy plane and passing through x=0 and y=-3...

Homework Statement The Wikipedia article on spatial rigid body dynamics derives the equation of motion \boldsymbol\tau = [I]\boldsymbol\alpha + \boldsymbol\omega\times[I]\boldsymbol\omega from \sum_{i=1}^n \boldsymbol\Delta\mathbf{r}_i\times (m_i\mathbf{a}_i). But, there is another way to...

Homework Statement The rotating parts of a motor have a moment of inertia of 15 kgm^2 and an optimum running speed of 1400 rev/min. When operating the motor is connected at optimum speed , by means of a clutch, to a shaft which has a counter rotation of 600 rev/min. The shaft has a mass of...

The rotating parts of a motor have a moment of inertia of 15 kgm^2 and an optimum running speed of 1400 rev/min. When operating the motor is connected at optimum speed , by means of a clutch, to a shaft which has a counter rotation of 600 rev/min. The shaft has a mass of 80 kg and a solid...

Homework Statement The thin, homogeneous bent rod has the mass m and the total length of 4b. It rotates with the angular speed of ω = ω0(24i + 12j - 6.0k) (only rotation) Determine the expression for the moment of inertia with consideration of the center of mass of the rod The figure...

Homework Statement A mass m is tied with a light string,which it's another end is winded at a axle fixed at wall,in which it's radius is r. Assume there is no friction.The mass is released from rest and falls a distance S after time t. Find the moment of inertia of the axle.(represents I in...

Homework Statement The Earth is slightly thicker around the equator and hence $I_{0}\neq I_{\zeta}$ I am curious in finding the angular velocity for the **precession** between using the fact that the distance between the spin axis and the precession axis is 10 meters on the surface of earth...

Homework Statement A homogenous disk with radius R and mass m lies in the xy plane so its center matches the origin O. Point O' is on the z axis at a distance s from point O. Axis y' passes through point O' at an angle \theta with the z axis. Find the moment of inertia around axis y'...

Hi, I was just going over the moment of inertia for a 2D lamina, I've been happy with writing the small mass element dM as dM = ρdxdy where ρ is the area density, but for some reason decided on doing it like this, M(x,y) = ρxy so dM = \frac{∂M}{∂x}dx + \frac{∂M}{∂y}dy = ρ(ydx +...

Find moment of inertia of a uniform quarter disc of radius R and mass M about an axis through its centre of mass and perpendicular to its plane ... I tried in the following way: I considered the relation. I= Icm + Md2 Where d is the distance between required axis and centre of...

Homework Statement To calculate I, the moment of inertia of an ellipse of mass m. The radius are a and b, according to the drawing. Homework Equations I=mr^2 Ellipse: \frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1 \Rightarrow y=b\sqrt{1-\frac{x^2}{a^2}} Area of an ellipse: \piab The Attempt at a...

So I have a question. I (moment of inertia) is basically mr^2 right? And r is supposed to be the distance from the axis of rotation. When the axis of rotation is directly through the center of mass, how is there Icm (moment of inertia about the center of mass). It's confusing to me, because so...

Homework Statement I need to derive the moment of inertia of a thin rod with its axis of rotation at the end of the rod. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_moments_of_inertia The third one. Homework Equations I = mr^2 The Attempt at a Solution I completely understand how the...

Twelve uniform, thin rods of mass and length are welded together to form a “wheel” as shown in the figure. What is the moment of inertia of this wheel for rotation around an axis through its center and perpendicular to the plane of the wheel? The welds contribute no mass to the wheel. I...

Homework Statement Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution For part B, why is he using the formula for the moment of inertia about the y-axis? Why isn't he using the formula for the moment of inertia about the origin...

Homework Statement Consider a cuboid of lengths a, b and c along the x, y and z axes respectively, centred at the origin. The task is to show that the moment of inertia of the cuboid of mass M and mass density ρ about an axis along the body diagonal, from (-a/2, -b/2, -c/2) to (a/2...

Homework Statement for the mass moment of inertia, why did they use Ix/Iy and not Iz? Homework Equations Ix=Iy= 1/12 m (3(r^2) + (h^2)) Iz= 1/2 m (r^2) The Attempt at a Solution

Homework Statement An energy storage system based on a flywheel (a rotating disk) can store a maximum of 4.4 MJ when the flywheel is rotating at 21,300 revolutions per minute. What is the moment of inertia of the flywheel? Homework Equations K= Ktranslational + Krotational Krot=...

Homework Statement Energy is released by the Crab Nebula at a rate of about 5×10^31W, about 105 times the rate at which the sun radiates energy. The Crab Nebula obtains its energy from the rotational kinetic energy of a rapidly spinning neutron star at its center. This object rotates once...

How do I find the moment of inertia around the CoM of an object when the axis of rotation is not through the CoM? When Are summation formula used in equations and what exactly constitutes a point mass? regarding moments of inertia?

Homework Statement I've been trying to find out what is the period os this kind of pendulum decribed here: http://www.eng.uah.edu/~wallace/mae364/doc/Labs/mominert.pdf The thing is, I've came to the same result shown in equation (11) but my reasoning it's different. I would even say that...

Homework Statement (a) Calculate the moment of inertia I of the disc when it rotates about the pivot as shown in the figure. (b) If the disc is released from rest, determine the angular speed, ω, of the disc at its lowest point. Homework Equations a) Id = Icm + md^2 Icm = 1/2*M*R^2...

I need to find the moment of inertia of a sphere of radius ##r## and mass ##m## about an axis through it's centre. I've already done it and got the correct answer of ##\frac{2}{3}mr^2## however I have tried doing it using a different method to see if I get the same answer, but I don't, and I...

hi everyone, help me, To calculate the mass moment of inertia at output shaft with respect to input shaft in the two stage planetary gearbox. Torque at input = 15 Nm input speed = 1440rpm stage I zs=14 zp=23 zR=61 fixed stage II zs=21 zp=40 zR=102 fixed

I read that for a rotating body the kinetic energy ##E_k = \sum \frac{1}{2}mv^2 = \frac{1}{2}{\omega}^2∑mr^2 = \frac{1}{2}I{\omega}^2## where ##I## is the moment of inertia. If we did the same thing for momentum then ##P = ∑mv = \omega\sum mr## So why is angular momentum ##I\omega=\omega\sum...

In classical mechanics you want to calculate the moment of inertia for hollow & solid: lines, triangles, squares/rectangles, polygons, planes, pyramids, cubes/parallelepiped's, circles, ellipses, parabola's, hyperbola's, sphere's, ellipsoid's, paraboloid's, hyperboloid's, cones & cylinder's...

Homework Statement Calculate the moment of inertia of a cube which rotates along an axis along its diagonal. Homework Equations Moment of inertia definition: I = \int \rho (\vec{r}) \vec{r} ^2 dV Angular velocity vector; \vec{\omega}=\omega (\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}...

Homework Statement Find the moment of inertia of a hollow sphere about a vertical axis through its center in terms of its mass M and radius R. Homework Equations I=\int r^{2} dm The Attempt at a Solution I've been curious about different methods for finding moments of inertia...

Hi, So recently I read about the massive 3 gorges dam changing the mass moment of inertia of the Earth to such an extent that the days will now be 60ns longer. Then I thought, how will this effect the orbit of the Earth about the Sun? Any thoughts?

Answer check please -- Moment of Inertia Calculations For question 1 I got T=mnut * r pulley * gravity For question 2 I got Isystem = 1/2 M(R23 + R24 + m (R21 + R22) First day of physics lab and I just wanted to double check that these are correct. Thanks.

Homework Statement A thin disk is 100g. It's diameter is 20cm. It's thickness is 2cm. Rotation is about the central axis (ie. perpendicular to the symmetrical plane). Answer in kg*m2 Homework Equations I=(1/2)MR2 M is the mass R is the radius I is the moment of inertia The...

I am computing the \hat{I} - moment of inertia tensor - of a cylinder with height 2h and radius R, about its axis of symmetry at the point of its centre of mass. I am working in cartesian coordinaes and am not sure where I am going wrong. (I can see the cylindirical coordiates would be the...

Hi, Consider a 2D laminar only rotating about the z axis, with the axis origin at the bottom left hand corner and adjacent sides coinciding with the z and x axes. so ω = (0,0,ωz) y = 0 I don't understand how the IXZ component is 0 to just leave the IZZ component?

Homework Statement A homogeneous catenary ##z=acosh(x/a)##, ##y=0## and ##x\in \left [ -a,a \right ]## is given. Calculate the center of mass and moment of inertia Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I started with ##x=at##, for##t\in \left [ -1,1 \right ]##, therefore...

Ok, so the system consists of two massive spheres, m1 and m2, of radii a and b respectively, connected by a massless rod of length R, as seen in the diagram attached. The question is to calculate the moment of inertia tensor. Sol: Set the origin at the centre of mass . So that we are in...

Homework Statement Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution With this problem and in general, I am having difficulties knowing what should be the cubic and what shouldn't be from visual inspection, so in this case I can't tell why I_x is 1/12ba^3, as opposed to 1/12ab^3. How can I tell...

Ok me and my friend have clashed with solutions to calculate the moment of inertia of a flywheel and I think I have it after a while but I'm not so sure about my maths! The solution he ended up with was a lot larger and more complex :) really enjoying this forum:)

Homework Statement There is the moment of inertia about an x and a y-axis named, I_{x}, I_{y}. Then there is the moment of inertia about the centroidal x and y-axis named, \overline{I}_{x}, \overline{I}_{y}. Often we can look up these values in a table (like the figure included) and apply...

Homework Statement I'm supposed to solve for the maximum moment assuming the beam bends about the y-axis (not the z axis as shown in the image. Same image for different questions). I don't understand how to find the moment of inertia in this case. The solution gives the moment of inertia for...

Hi I'm new to this forum so still getting used to it! I have to find the moment of inertia of a circular flywheel which has radius, a and mass m! But also had area density (mass per unit area) of ρ0, Where ρ0=ρa(1+r/a) I know moment of inertia is the integral of a^2 dm and in order to...

Homework Statement Calculate the moment of inertia of a uniform, solid cylinder about it's perpendicular axes. The cylinder has length L, radius R, and total mass M. It is centered on the origin with the z-axis running through the center of it's circular faces. Homework Equations I =...

The problem I am currently trying to right a lab report on a experiment trying to find a flywheels moment of inertia. In the lab we had a fly wheel connected to a mass on a string, and measured the position of a point on the wheel as the mass was accelerating downwards. The data was analysed...

Hey. There's one thing I've always been wondering about when it comes to deriving the expression for the moment of inertia of a spherical shell. Namely, why is the length of the infinitesimal cylinder used in the derivations (like here ) equal to ##R d \theta##, instead of ##R d \theta...

Homework Statement A rod of mass M and length l rotates in a vertical plane about its centre which is on a frictionless, horizontal pivot. On the ends of the rod are point-like masses m1 and m2, where m1 != m2. a)moment of inerta about the center of the rod b)Determine the angular momentum...

Dear forum, while standing, spreading your legs helps your stability because you have a wider base. but doesn't spreading your legs lowers your center of gravity, thus shortening the distance (r) from your center of gravity to the ground, and therefore lowering your moment of inertia = making...