Answer to Question #180766 in Mechanical Engineering for RAVI MISHRA

Question

Determine the moment of inertia of the closed area with respect to the x and y axis as shown in figure.

Answer 1

The moment of inertia with respect to any axis in the plane of the area is equal to the moment of inertia with respect to a parallel centroidal axis plus a transfer term composed of the product of the area of a basic shape multiplied by the square of the distance between the axes.