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MomentofInertia

RotationalLinearParallels

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Morecomparisonsbetweenlinearandangularmotion

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Usingastringthroughatube,amassis
movedinahorizontalcirclewith
angularvelocity.Ifthestringis
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Conservationoflinearmomentum
dictatesthatwhenamassstrikesan
equalmassatrestandstickstoit,the
combinationmustmoveathalfthe
velocity,becausetheproduceofmass
andvelocitymustremainconstant.

pulleddownsothattheradiusishalf
theoriginalradius,thenconservation
ofangularmomentumdictatesthatthe
ballmusthavefourtimestheangular
velocity.Thisisbecausetheproductof
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mustremainconstant,andhalvingthe
Moment
radiusreducesthemomentofinertia
of
byafactoroffour.
inertia
concepts

Ifaspinningwheelandaxleis
supportedbyoneendoftheaxle,then
thetorqueproducedbytheweightof
Withtheappropriatebalanceofforce,a thewheelandaxleproducesatorque
circularorbitcanbeproducedbya
thatisperpendiculartotheangular
forceactingtowardthecenter.Acting momentumofthewheel.Thischanges
perpendiculartothevelocity,it
itsdirectionbutnotitsmagnitude,
providesthenecessarycentripetalforce causingthetipoftheaxletotraceouta
tokeepitinacircle.
circle.Thisiscalledprecession,andis
analogoustotheorbitofamassunder
acentralforce.

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MomentofInertia
Momentofinertiaisthenamegiventorotationalinertia,therotationalanalog
ofmassforlinearmotion.Itappearsintherelationshipsforthedynamicsof
rotationalmotion.Themomentofinertiamustbespecifiedwithrespecttoa
chosenaxisofrotation.Forapointmassthemomentofinertiaisjustthemass
timesthesquareofperpendiculardistancetotherotationaxis,I=mr2.That
pointmassrelationshipbecomesthebasisforallothermomentsofinertiasince
anyobjectcanbebuiltupfromacollectionofpointmasses.

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Momentofinertiaisdefinedwithrespecttoaspecificrotationaxis.The
momentofinertiaofapointmasswithrespecttoanaxisisdefinedasthe
productofthemasstimesthedistancefromtheaxissquared.Themomentof
inertiaofanyextendedobjectisbuiltupfromthatbasicdefinition.Thegeneral
formofthemomentofinertiainvolvesanintegral.

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Momentsofinertiaforcommonforms
Wheremomentofinertiaappearsinphysicalquantities

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MomentofInertia,GeneralForm
Sincethemomentofinertiaofanordinaryobjectinvolvesacontinuous
distributionofmassatacontinuallyvaryingdistancefromanyrotationaxis,
thecalculationofmomentsofinertiagenerallyinvolvescalculus,the
disciplineofmathematicswhichcanhandlesuchcontinuousvariables.Since
themomentofinertiaofapointmassisdefinedby

thenthemomentofinertiacontributionbyaninfinitesmalmasselementdm
hasthesameform.Thiskindofmasselementiscalledadifferentialelement
ofmassanditsmomentofinertiaisgivenby

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NotethatthedifferentialelementofmomentofinertiadImustalwaysbe
definedwithrespecttoaspecificrotationaxis.Thesumoverallthesemass
elementsiscalledanintegraloverthemass.

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Usually,themasselementdmwillbeexpressedintermsofthegeometryof
theobject,sothattheintegrationcanbecarriedoutovertheobjectasa
whole(forexample,overalonguniformrod).
Havingcalledthisageneralform,itisprobablyappropriatetopointoutthat
itisageneralformonlyforaxeswhichmaybecalled"principalaxes",a
termwhichincludesallaxesofsymmetryofobjects.Theconceptofmoment
ofinertiaforgeneralobjectsaboutarbitraryaxesisamuchmore
complicatedsubject.Themomentofinertiainsuchcasestakestheformofa
mathematicaltensorquantitywhichrequiresninecomponentstocompletely
defineit.
Straightrod
Examplesofintegrationtogetmomentofinertia. Cylinder
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