Moment of Inertia of a Cylinder about Its Perpendicular Axis
Moment of Inertia of a Cylinder about Its Perpendicular Axis
This Demonstration calculates the moment of inertia of a cylinder about its perpendicular axis, based on your parameter inputs.
Details
Details
The moment of inertia is given by , where is the axis of rotation, is the mass, is the length, is the radius, and is the hollow inner radius.
I=++M
M+
2
r
2
r
1
4
M
2
L
12
2
a
a
M
L
r
r
1
External Links
External Links
Permanent Citation
Permanent Citation
Austin Shyu, Abby Brown
"Moment of Inertia of a Cylinder about Its Perpendicular Axis"
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/MomentOfInertiaOfACylinderAboutItsPerpendicularAxis/
Wolfram Demonstrations Project
Published: May 7, 2013