The figure below shows four objects at the corners of a rectangle, connected by rods of negligible mass. The center of the rectangle lies at the origin of an xy-coordinate system. The width of the rectangle (along the x-axis) is 4.00 m, and the height (along the y-axis) is 6.00 m. Starting at the top left and going clockwise, the masses of the objects are m, = 2.50 kg, m, = 2.50 kg, m, = 4.30 kg, and m = 2.10 kg. y m m2 6.00 m m +4.00 m- (a) What is the moment of inertia (in kg - m2) of the system about the x-axis? kg · m2 (b) What is the moment of inertia (in kg · m2) of the system about the y-axis? kg - m2 (c) What is the moment of inertia (in kg - m) of the system about an axis through O and perpendicular to the page (that is, the z-axis)? kg · m2
Rigid Body
A rigid body is an object which does not change its shape or undergo any significant deformation due to an external force or movement. Mathematically speaking, the distance between any two points inside the body doesn't change in any situation.
Rigid Body Dynamics
Rigid bodies are defined as inelastic shapes with negligible deformation, giving them an unchanging center of mass. It is also generally assumed that the mass of a rigid body is uniformly distributed. This property of rigid bodies comes in handy when we deal with concepts like momentum, angular momentum, force and torque. The study of these properties – viz., force, torque, momentum, and angular momentum – of a rigid body, is collectively known as rigid body dynamics (RBD).
![The figure below shows four objects at the corners of a rectangle, connected by rods of negligible mass. The center of the rectangle lies at the origin of an xy-coordinate
system. The width of the rectangle (along the x-axis) is 4.00 m, and the height (along the y-axis) is 6.00 m. Starting at the top left and going clockwise, the masses of the
objects are m, = 2.50 kg, m, = 2.50 kg, m, = 4.30 kg, and ma = 2.10 kg.
m,
m2
6.00 m
m
m3
4.00 m
(a) What is the moment of inertia (in kg · m2) of the system about the x-axis?
kg · m2
(b) What is the moment of inertia (in kg · m2) of the system about the y-axis?
kg · m2
(c) What is the moment of inertia (in kg · m2) of the system about an axis through O and perpendicular to the page (that is, the z-axis)?
kg • m2
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