If the area is in mm² and distance in mm, then M.I. is given as

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HSSC JE Civil 11 April 2018 Shift 2

Answer 1

Explanation:

Moment of inertia of an area or Second moment of area (M.I):

M.I of a body about any axis is defined as the summation of the second moment of all elementary areas about the axis.

I = Σ(A × d2)

Unit: m4 or mm4 or cm4

The following table shows the Second moment of inertia of different shapes

Shape	Figure	Moment of Inertia
Rectangle		\({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{xx}}}} = \frac{{{\rm{b}}{{\rm{d}}^3}}}{{12}}\) \({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{yy}}}} = \frac{{{\rm{d}}{{\rm{b}}^3}}}{{12}}\)
Triangle		\({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{xx}}}} = \frac{{{\rm{b}}{{\rm{h}}^3}}}{{36}}\) \({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{yy}}}} = \frac{{{\rm{h}}{{\rm{b}}^3}}}{{36}}\)
Circle		\({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{xx}}}} = \frac{{\rm{\pi }}}{{64}}{{\rm{d}}^4}\) \({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{yy}}}} = \frac{{\rm{\pi }}}{{64}}{{\rm{d}}^4}\)
Semicircle		\({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{xx}}}} = {\rm{\;}}0.11{{\rm{R}}^4}\) \({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{yy}}}} = \frac{{\rm{\pi }}}{8}{{\rm{R}}^4}\)
Quarter circle		\({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{xx}}}} = 0.055{{\rm{R}}^4}\) \({{\rm{I}}_{{\rm{yy}}}} = 0.055{{\rm{R}}^4}\)