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a) Find the product of inertia of a disc in the form of a quadrant of a circle of radius ‘a’ about bounding radii. |
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Answer» Answer: 1. We will first have a look at a full circle formula. It is given as; I = πr4 / 4 If we want to derive the equation for a QUARTER circle then we basically have to DIVIDE the results obtained for a full circle by two and get the result for a quarter circle. Notably, in a full circle, the moment of inertia relative to the x-axis is the same as the y-axis. With that concept we get; Ix = Iy = ¼ πr4 Jo = Ix + Iy = ¼ πr4 + ¼ πr4 = ½ πr4 We will need to determine the area of a circle as well. When we are solving this expression we usually replace M with Area, A. Jo = ½ (πr2) R2 Now if take a quarter circle, the moment of inertia relative to the x-axis and y-axis will be one quarter the moment inertia of a full circle. However, the PART of the circle rotating about an axis will be symmetric and the values will be equal for both the y and x-axis. With that, we will solve the equation below. Ix = Iy = 1/16 πr4 = 1/16 (πr2) R2 = 1 /16 (A) R2 = ¼ (¼ AO) R2 The next step involves finding the moment of inertia of a quarter circle. For this, we will simply add the values of both x and y-axis. M.O.I relative to the origin, Jo = Ix + Iy = 1 / 16 (A)R2 + 1 / 16 (A)R2 = ⅛ (A)R2 = ⅛ (πr2)R2 = ⅛ πr4 Step-by-step explanation: y |
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