
The moment of inertia of a uniform semicircular wire of mass and radius about a line perpendicular to the plane of the wire through the centre is:


Important Questions on Rotational Mechanics

A thin rod of length and mass is bent at the middle point as shown in the figure. Consider an axis passing through two middle the point and perpendicular to the plane of the bent rod. Then the moment of inertia about this axis is


The moment of inertia of a uniform disc about is

Three rings each of mass and radius are so placed that they touch each other. The radius of gyration of the system about the axis as shown in the figure is



Let be the moment of inertia of a uniform square plate about an axis that passes through its centre and is parallel to two of its sides. is a line in the plane of the plate that passes through the centre of the plate and makes an angle with as shown in figure. The moment of inertia of the plate about the axis is then equal to
