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Homework Statement
Find the center of mass and inertia tensor at the CoM of the following triangle. Density of the triangle is \sigma(x,y) = x and y=3-3/4x .
Homework Equations
Find the inertia tensor at the origin (x,y,z) and apply the parallel axis theorem
I_{ij}=\intdV(\delta^{ij}\vec{x}^{2}-x^{i}x^{j})
The Attempt at a Solution
I've been able to find the mass (which gave me 8 -correct me if I'm wrong-), the CoM and now I'm trying to find the inertia tensor. For the first component, I get something like:
I_{xx}=\int^{4}_{0}\int^{3-3/4x}_{0} xy^2 dx dy
which gives me something like
I_{xx}=\int^{4}_{0}x\frac{(3-3/4x^)^{3}}{3}dx
which looks like a big monster and I don't feel like integrating that ! ;) Basically, I believe it's getting way too complicated to be the good answer. Any help on finding that inertia tensor would be greatly appreciated !
Thanks,
Kep
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