what is theoram of parallel axis of moment of inertia
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In physics, we love to simplify situations. After all, who wants to do complex, calculus-based math and spend hour upon hour playing with algebra? Well, actually, I suppose a lot of physicists do like that. But only when it's genuinely necessary.
In other lessons, we've talked about the moment of inertia. Rotational inertia, otherwise known as moment of inertia, is a number that represents how much mass a rotating object has and how it is distributed. An object with more rotational inertia is harder to accelerate. Moment of inertia is measured in kilogram/meters squared.
But everything we've focused on involves situations that have nice, uniform objects. Spheres, shells, rings... anything symmetrical. And it also assumed that those objects were rotating around an axis that went straight through the center of mass of the object. But what happens when that's not the case?
Well, you could do a load of complex calculus. Or, if you don't like calculus, like most people, you could use the parallel axis theorem.
The parallel axis theorem states that the moment of inertia of an object around a particular axis is equal to the moment of inertia around a parallel axis that goes through the center of mass, plus the mass of the object, multiplied by the distance to that parallel axis, squared.
The moment of inertia around the center of mass is a minimum value. If you move the rotation axis elsewhere, the moment of inertia, how difficult it is to slow or speed up the rotation of the object, increases.
Equation
The parallel axis theorem is much easier to understand in equation form than in words. Here it is:
I = Icm + mr ^2
This diagram shows a randomly shaped object with a rotation axis that doesn't go through the center of mass:
Parallel Axis Theorem
But if you take a parallel rotation axis that does go through the center of mass, we can use that to figure out the moment of inertia through the actual rotation axis.
If we know, or we can figure out, the moment of inertia through the center of mass axis, Icm, measured in kilogram/meters squared, and we know the total mass of the object, m, measured in kilograms, and the distance the parallel axis is away from the center of mass, r, measured in meters, we can just plug those numbers in and figure out the moment of inertia through our off-center rotational axis.
So, that's probably a little easier to understand now. But you know what would make it even better?
In physics, we love to simplify situations. After all, who wants to do complex, calculus-based math and spend hour upon hour playing with algebra? Well, actually, I suppose a lot of physicists do like that. But only when it's genuinely necessary.
In other lessons, we've talked about the moment of inertia. Rotational inertia, otherwise known as moment of inertia, is a number that represents how much mass a rotating object has and how it is distributed. An object with more rotational inertia is harder to accelerate. Moment of inertia is measured in kilogram/meters squared.
But everything we've focused on involves situations that have nice, uniform objects. Spheres, shells, rings... anything symmetrical. And it also assumed that those objects were rotating around an axis that went straight through the center of mass of the object. But what happens when that's not the case?
Well, you could do a load of complex calculus. Or, if you don't like calculus, like most people, you could use the parallel axis theorem.
The parallel axis theorem states that the moment of inertia of an object around a particular axis is equal to the moment of inertia around a parallel axis that goes through the center of mass, plus the mass of the object, multiplied by the distance to that parallel axis, squared.
The moment of inertia around the center of mass is a minimum value. If you move the rotation axis elsewhere, the moment of inertia, how difficult it is to slow or speed up the rotation of the object, increases.
Equation
The parallel axis theorem is much easier to understand in equation form than in words. Here it is:
I = Icm + mr ^2
This diagram shows a randomly shaped object with a rotation axis that doesn't go through the center of mass:
Parallel Axis Theorem
But if you take a parallel rotation axis that does go through the center of mass, we can use that to figure out the moment of inertia through the actual rotation axis.
If we know, or we can figure out, the moment of inertia through the center of mass axis, Icm, measured in kilogram/meters squared, and we know the total mass of the object, m, measured in kilograms, and the distance the parallel axis is away from the center of mass, r, measured in meters, we can just plug those numbers in and figure out the moment of inertia through our off-center rotational axis.
So, that's probably a little easier to understand now. But you know what would make it even better?
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The parallel axis theorem states that the moment of inertia of an object around a particular axis is equal to the moment of inertia around a parallel axis that goes through the center of mass, plus the mass of object , multiplied by the distance of that parallel axis , squared .
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