Calculation of Moment of Inertia

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Calculation of Moment of Inertia: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Moment of Inertia of Rigid Body, Moment of Inertia of Ring, Moment of Inertia of a Ring about Diameter & Moment of Inertia of a Ring about a Tangent in Its Plane etc.

Important Questions on Calculation of Moment of Inertia

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From a triangular lamina of side a and mass m , a small triangular Lamina made by joining mid-points of sides of triangular lamina is cut. If Moment of Inertia of complete Lamina about COM is Io and Moment of Inertia of remaining Lamina about centroid is xI016, then find the value of x.

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What is moment of inertia of ring about tangent?

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A solid sphere, a thin ring and a cylinder of same mass and radius, held at rest are released simultaneously to roll down on an inclined plane. Which one will reach the bottom first?

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There is a solid cylinder of uniform density having radius 2 cm has a mass of 50 g. If Its length is 12 cm,

Calculate Its Moment of Inertia (In terms of×10-5 kg m2) about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its length. 

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A solid cylinder of uniform density of radius 4 cm has a mass of 100 g. If Its length is 24 cm, Calculate its moment of inertia (g.cm2) about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its length.

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A solid cylinder of uniform density of radius 2 cm has a mass of 50 g. If Its length is 12 cm, Calculate Its Moment of Inertia about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its length.

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Calculate the moment of inertia of a solid cylinder of mass M, radius R and length L about a transverse axis passing through its centre.

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The moment of inertia of a solid cylinder of mass M, radius R and length L about a transverse axis passing through its centre is:

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For a ring of mass 50 g and radius 20 cm. What will be the moment of inertia of the ring about a tangent in the plane of the circle of the ring?

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There is a ring of mass M and radius R. What will be its moment of inertia about a tangent parallel to the diameter?

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Calculate the Moment of Inertia of an annular disc of mass M and inner radius R1 and outer radius R2about an axis tangential and perpendicular to the plane.

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The Moment of inertia of a uniform angular with mass m, thickness t and inner and outer radius as R1 and R2 respectively can be expressed as

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The moment of inertia of a uniform circular ring of mass M and radius R about its diameter is _____ MR2.

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The moment of inertia of a ring about one of its diameter is 5 kg m2 ? What will be its moment of inertia about a tangent parallel to the diameter?

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The moment of inertia of a ring about one of its diameter is I. What will be its moment of inertia about a tangent parallel to the diameter?

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A solid cylinder is made of radius R and height 3R having mass density ρ . Now two half spheres of radius R are removed from both ends. The moment of inertia of remaining portion about axis ZZ' can be calculated as 296KπR5ρ . Find K.

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A uniform thin bar of mass 6 kg and length 2.4 meter is bent to make an equilateral hexagon. The moment of inertia about an axis passing through the centre of mass and perpendicular to the plane of hexagon is ________ ×10-1 kg m2

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The moment of inertia of a rigid body depends on:

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Let I1 and I2 be the moments of inertia of two bodies of identical geometrical shape, the first made of aluminium and the second of iron. Then, which of the following statements is true?

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A closed cylindrical tube containing some water (not filling the entire tube) lies in a horizontal plane. If the tube is rotated about a perpendicular bisector, what happens to the moment of inertia of water about the axis?