A circular disk has a radius of unit. The area-mass-density is as follows:
The moment of inertia about an axis perpendicular to the disk and passing through its center can expressed as:
If and are coprime positive integers, determine
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Differential area:
d A = r d r d θ
Differential mass:
d m = ρ d A = ( r θ ) r d r d θ = r 2 θ d r d θ
Differential moment:
d I = d m r 2 = r 4 θ d r d θ
Total moment:
I = ∫ 0 2 π ∫ 0 1 r 4 θ d r d θ = ∫ 0 1 r 4 d r ∫ 0 2 π θ d θ = 5 1 2 4 π 2 = 5 2 π 2