Dec 6, 2012 #1 theBEAST Messages 361 Reaction score 0 Homework Statement Find the second moment of inertia of a rectangle. The Attempt at a Solution Anyone know why my answer is 4 times too big?
Homework Statement Find the second moment of inertia of a rectangle. The Attempt at a Solution Anyone know why my answer is 4 times too big?
Dec 6, 2012 #2 rock.freak667 Homework Helper Messages 6,221 Reaction score 31 Your limits of integration imply that your axis of references is the x-axis (which is correct by the way). The "correct" answer you want is to get Ix about the centroidal axis. In which case your limits would be different.
Your limits of integration imply that your axis of references is the x-axis (which is correct by the way). The "correct" answer you want is to get Ix about the centroidal axis. In which case your limits would be different.