Q.
A circular thin disc of mass 2kg has a diameter 0.2m. Calculate its moment of inertia about an axis passing through the edge and perpendicular to the plane of the disc ( in kgm2)
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System of Particles and Rotational Motion
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Solution:
I=2MR2
About axis passing through edge, moment of inertia =I′ ∴I′=I+MR2 (By theorem of parallel axes)
or I′=2MR2+MR2=23MR2=23×2×(0.1)2
or I′=0.03kgm2