OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Tangent-axis inertia of a spherical shell (I=158πρ​(R25​−R15​)+MR22​)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Physics Branches of physics Classical mechanics Rigid body dynamics Moment of inertia Parallel axis theorem
2026-10-20  0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
For uniform density between concentric radii R1​,R2​, subtract the missing solid core's central moment of inertia and then shift the axis by R2​. Here M=4πρ(R23​−R13​)/3. The thin-shell limit gives I=5MR22​/3, while a full solid sphere gives 7MR22​/5.

 Ancestors (7)

  1. Parallel axis theorem
  2. Moment of inertia
  3. Rigid body dynamics
  4. Classical mechanics
  5. Branches of physics
  6. Physics
  7.  Home

 Incoming links (1)

  • Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge / 2013 / Paper 1 / Section A / A5 / Solution

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook