Moment of Inertia of a cylinder
Classical Mechanics
Level
3
Consider a cylinder of mass M, length L and radius R . Find the ratio of L is to R if the moment of inertia about an axis through the centre and perpendicular to the length is minimum.
The answer is 1.225.
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