AVERAGE The figure below is composed of a semicircle and rectangle with a hollow middle portion in the shape of an inverted

triangle. The radius of the semicircle is 0.7m. Solve for the moment of inertia of the area about the axis AA.

1.4 m Solution: For the semi-circle: I along the base of semi-circle = (1/8)(pi)(0.7)4 = 0.09428705 I centroidal = 0.09428705 - 0.7696902(4*0.7/3pi)2 = 0.026352647

AREA

centroidal moment of inertia about the horizontal (1/36)(1)(0.6)3

I about AA

triangle rectangle semi-circle

0.5(1)(0.6)

2.0 (1/3)*0.6

0.978 (1/3)(1.4)(2.0)3

0.026352647

Pi*(0.7)2/2

2.0 + (4*0.7/3pi)

4.0877

I = I (rectangle) + I (semi-circle) I (triangle) = 3.7333 + 4.0877 0.978 = 6.843 m4