Moment of Inertia
Physics ⇒ Mechanics
Moment of Inertia starts at 11 and continues till grade 12.
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A disc of mass 3 kg and radius 0.2 m rotates about an axis through its center and perpendicular to its plane. Find its moment of inertia.
A disc of mass 4 kg and radius 0.3 m is rotated about an axis passing through its center and perpendicular to its plane. What is its moment of inertia?
A rod of length 1 m and mass 2 kg is rotated about an axis passing through one end and perpendicular to its length. Calculate its moment of inertia.
A solid cylinder of mass 2 kg and radius 0.5 m rotates about its central axis. Calculate its moment of inertia.
A solid sphere and a hollow sphere of the same mass and radius are rotated about their diameters. Which has a greater moment of inertia?
A solid sphere of mass 1 kg and radius 0.2 m is rotated about its diameter. Calculate its moment of inertia.
A thin ring of mass 0.5 kg and radius 0.4 m rotates about its central axis. What is its moment of inertia?
A thin rod of length 0.5 m and mass 0.2 kg is rotated about an axis through one end and perpendicular to its length. Find its moment of inertia.
A uniform disc of mass 2 kg and radius 0.1 m is rotated about an axis passing through its center and perpendicular to its plane. What is its moment of inertia?
A uniform disc of mass 5 kg and radius 0.4 m is rotated about an axis along its diameter. Calculate its moment of inertia.
A uniform rod of length 2 m and mass 3 kg is rotated about an axis passing through its center and perpendicular to its length. Calculate its moment of inertia.
Describe how the moment of inertia of a body changes if the axis of rotation is shifted parallel to itself by a distance d.
Describe the effect on the moment of inertia if the mass of a rotating object is concentrated farther from the axis of rotation.
Explain why a solid cylinder rolls down an inclined plane faster than a hollow cylinder of the same mass and radius.
Explain why the moment of inertia is called the rotational analogue of mass.
If the mass of a rotating object is doubled and its distance from the axis is halved, how does its moment of inertia change?
State the parallel axis theorem for moment of inertia.
State the perpendicular axis theorem for moment of inertia.
State the SI unit of moment of inertia.
What is the moment of inertia of a point mass m at a distance r from the axis of rotation?
