Moment of inertia about tangent of a hoop

1. Aug 21, 2015

ahmed markhoos

The hoop has radius R.

I used the same way to plot the axis for the hoop:

$l^2 = r^2= 4R^2cos\theta$
since: $r=2Rcos\theta$

$$2\rho \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} r^2 r d\theta$$
$$2\rho \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} 8R^3 cos^3\theta d\theta$$

answer is $$\frac{32}{3}R^3\rho$$ , and its wrong

using the same method to find mass is also wrong, which suggest a fundamental mistake in my solution but I don't know what it is.
$$2\rho \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} r d\theta$$
$$2\rho \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} 2R cos\theta d\theta$$
that's equal $$4\pi r$$ which is wrong

what is wrong with my solution?, it was really bizarre when I found that the mass itself using the limits I found actually gives a wrong answer.

What did I miss?

Last edited: Aug 21, 2015
2. Aug 21, 2015

ahmed markhoos

Don't know why but latex is not working for nearly every equation. I did check equations validity while writing the post with no hope.

3. Aug 21, 2015

SteamKing

Staff Emeritus
Take out the inline Latex ($) and convert to regular LaTex. Please post the full text of the original Problem Statement. 4. Aug 21, 2015 SammyS Staff Emeritus Get rid of the Bold tags. By the way you should state in the body of the thread what is the problem which you are trying to solve. Do this no matter what you state in the thread title. 5. Aug 22, 2015 ahmed markhoos The question is general, they just want a general solution. Question: "What is the moment of inertia about a tangent of a circle of radius R, density ρ" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The hoop has radius R. I used the same way to plot the axis for the hoop "So that y-axis is the tangent":$l^2 = x^2= 4R^2cos^4\theta$since:$r=2Rcos\theta$&$cos\theta = \frac{x}{r} = \frac{r}{2R}$$$2\rho \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} x^2 r d\theta$$ $$2\rho \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} 8R^3 cos^5\theta d\theta$$ answer is $$\frac{128}{15}R^3\rho$$ , and its wrong using the same method to find mass is also wrong, which suggest a fundamental mistake in my solution but I don't know what it is. $$2\rho \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} r d\theta$$ $$2\rho \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} 2R cos\theta d\theta$$ that's equal $$4\pi r \rho$$ which is wrong what is wrong with my solution?, it was really bizarre when I found that the mass itself using the limits I found actually gives a wrong answer. What did I miss? Last edited: Aug 22, 2015 6. Aug 22, 2015 Qwertywerty Do you know the parallel axis , and perpendicular axis theorem ? 7. Aug 22, 2015 Nidum Hoop has no volume and no mass so question as given is meaningless ? 8. Aug 22, 2015 Qwertywerty A 2d figure can't have mass ? 9. Aug 22, 2015 Zondrina Judging from the title and the information you have provided, you want to find the moment of inertia about the$y$-axis of a circular lamina. The moment of inertia about the$y$-axis is given by: \iint_D x^2 \rho(x, y) \space dA Using polar co-ordinates, the limits for the integral should look like$0 \leq \theta \leq 2 \pi$and$0 \leq r \leq R$. You are also told the circular lamina has density$\rho$. I assume this means the density is constant and can be pulled outside of the integral. You can find the mass afterwards using: \text{mass = density x area} 10. Aug 22, 2015 SteamKing Staff Emeritus Except, the word "hoop" implies something with a hole in the middle, like a skinny torus: http://yorkshirefitnesshire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/hula-hoop.jpg [Broken] ​ Last edited by a moderator: May 7, 2017 11. Aug 22, 2015 Zondrina True, but from the picture the OP has given in the previous posts, it appears as if we are looking at the projection of the hoop on the$xy$-plane. I guess "lamina" wouldn't be the right term. Replacing all instances of the word "lamina" with "hoop" in my prior post should fix things. The OP posted the question: I was specifically trying to find some relation to the statement "What is the moment of inertia about a tangent of a circle of radius R, density ρ". Perhaps this is not even the actual problem statement. I would personally find it hard to believe the problem statement was given as is. Last edited by a moderator: May 7, 2017 12. Aug 22, 2015 ahmed markhoos Seems like I made a confusing question for you all ><. We have a hoop of radius R, the question is to find the moment of inertia on a tangent to the hoop "any tangent will have the same moment of inertia". The plot was just to show that I didn't draw the center of the "hoop" at the origin, instead I draw it as the plot show "center (R,0)", so that I can find the moment of inertia about y-axis, since now y-axis is the tangent of the hoop. part (b): http://im88.gulfup.com/2BPadu.png [Broken] Last edited by a moderator: May 7, 2017 13. Aug 22, 2015 SteamKing Staff Emeritus This is why the Rules of PF Homework Forums ask people to post the text of the entire question. The word "hoop" accurately describes the object for which the moment of inertia is to be calculated, but the plot the OP made showing a circle which is tangent to the y-axis is ambiguous. Some people thought the question was asking the student to calculate the MOI of a thin 2-dimensional region, rather than a wire bent as described. Last edited by a moderator: May 7, 2017 14. Aug 22, 2015 Zondrina Now that the question has been properly established, we can find the real answer. For anyone posting needing help, please be clear about your concerns. Communication really is more important than anything, especially if you want help. If the object is a 3D torus rather than a 2D circle, the moment of inertia can be found using triple integration rather than double integration. Lets do part b) since you were asking about it. Rather than doing the integration about a co-ordinate axis, the integration is done over a co-ordinate plane. Since the object is a torus, it wont matter too much what plane you choose. Lets choose the x-plane since the x-plane is tangent to the torus (so are the two other planes). The moment of inertia will be given by: M_{x} = \iiint_E x \rho(x, y, z) \space dV The mass is given by: m = \iiint_E \rho(x, y, z) \space dV There is a much simpler formula than the integral above, which can be used to compute the mass more quickly. Although I still disagree with the problem statement, it called it a 'tangent line' rather than a 'tangent plane'. 15. Aug 22, 2015 SammyS Staff Emeritus It's clear that it's a wire bent into the shape of a circle. It's a wire so it would seem likely that we can ignore the thickness of the wire. No need consider it as a torus. As per the figure given in the OP, the axis of rotation is the y-axis, the y-axis being tangent to the circular hoop. How can you have a moment of inertia about a plane? What does that even mean ? Also, what do you mean by the " x-plane " ? @ahmed markhoos , It may simplify things to find the moment of inertia about the line, x = 0.5, then use the parallel axis theorem . Last edited: Aug 22, 2015 16. Aug 22, 2015 Zondrina Yes, the wire is a solid object with density, which has been looped. Lets not be took picky about the imaginative process since thickness isn't relevant anyway. I like imagining a fat loop, perhaps you enjoy a skinny wire. Wait what? We take moments of inertia about co-ordinate planes. Perhaps I was unclear, I should have written the moment as: M_{yz} = \iiint_E x \rho(x, y, z) \space dV and said the yz-plane, not the x-plane. I guess I was looking at the x in the integral. In any case, if we want to do a moment about the y-axis through the xy-plane, we would just use: M_{xy} = \iiint_E z \rho(x, y, z) \space dV We could have found the moment of inertia using any co-ordinate plane and gotten the same answer because of symmetry anyway. EDIT: I found a textbook reference that should make what I'm saying more reasonable to you: Last edited: Aug 22, 2015 17. Aug 22, 2015 SammyS Staff Emeritus Those are not moments of inertia. Those are first moments.a.k.a. moments of torque. The moment of inertia is a second moment. See this Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_(physics)#Elaboration 18. Aug 22, 2015 andrewkirk Why are you integrating from 0 to$\frac{\pi}{2}$and what angle does your$\theta$represent? If you are integrating over angles around the circle's centre your limits should be 0 to$2\pi$and if you're integrating around angles at the origin your limits should be 0 to$\pi$or$-\frac{\pi}{2},\frac{\pi}{2}$. In any case, for the tangent case I think it may be easier to use the x coordinate as your integration variable instead of an angle. Limits would be 0 to 2R. 19. Aug 22, 2015 andrewkirk I take it back about using x as an integration variable. It's easy to do as an integral over$\theta$measured around the centre of the circle, from 0 to$2\pi$. The integrand will be a quadratic in$\cos\theta##, which is straightforward to integrate. Both my integrand and my limits are nothing like yours. How did you get yours?

20. Aug 23, 2015

Zondrina

I have found the correct section of the textbook:

I was extremely tired yesterday because I had zero hours of sleep. I probably shouldn't be trying to do math without being properly rested first.