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Moment of inertia

By Boyang Zhao

Moment of inertia (I) is defined as the product of the mass of a particle and the radius (distance between the particle and the center of the circular path). For the moment of inertia of a body, it is the sum of each of the moments of inertia of particles. The SI unit for moment of inertia is kg · m2.

I=\sum mr^2

Last updated: Thu Aug 31 2006 2:56:01 GMT
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