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Homework Statement
A uniform plate of height h= 0.69 m is cut in the form of a parabolic section. The lower boundary of the plate is defined by: y=1.10x^2. The plate has a mass of 5.62 kg. Find the moment of inertia of the plate about the y-axis.
Homework Equations
I=sum(m*r^2)
OR
I= int(r^2)dm
The Attempt at a Solution
Alright, so I figured I would use the first formula to figure out the moment of inertia. There is only one mass and one radius... so at first I figured it would just be 5.62*.69^2 kg m^2. I realize now that this is faulty and the idea is more of rotating the entire parabola around the axis. So, I figured it was similar to solid rotation in calculus.
So, I rotated the parabola about the y axis, resulting in two layers of cylindrical shells, with the first possessing raidus R1 and the distance to the farthest one being R2, respectively. You start with int(r^2)dm. The term dm is equal in this case to p*dv, where p is density and dv is the volume differential. The volume differential is equal to 2pi*p*h*R^3*dR. By substituting in our radiuses and integrating from R1 to R2, we are left with [(pi*p*(h)/2](R2^4-R1^4). P is constant in this case and the volume by cylindrical shells is (piR2^2-piR1^2). If we solve for the mass, we are left with M=p*v, which is equal to p*pi(R2^2-R1^2)*h. We can simplify the formula for the moment of inertia we had before, arriving at .5*M(R1^2+r2^2).
However, I have no idea how to use the lower boundary of the plate, 1.10x^2 or how to get the radiuses for the cylinders. Any help you could give would be great.
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