Winged Disk Moment

Start with a circular disk of radius 1 1 , centered on the origin in the x y xy plane. The disk has 1 1 unit of mass per unit area. Next transform the disk as follows:

1) If an infinitesimal piece of disk has an x x coordinate with absolute value less than 1 2 \frac{1}{2} , leave it where it is

2) If an infinitesimal piece of disk has an x x coordinate greater than + 1 2 +\frac{1}{2} , rotate the piece counter-clockwise about the point ( x , y ) = ( 1 2 , 3 2 ) (x,y) = \Big(\frac{1}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \Big) by an angle of 45 45 degrees

3) If an infinitesimal piece of disk has an x x coordinate less than 1 2 -\frac{1}{2} , rotate the piece clockwise about the point ( x , y ) = ( 1 2 , 3 2 ) (x,y) = \Big(-\frac{1}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \Big) by an angle of 45 45 degrees

What is the moment of inertia of the transformed disk about the y y axis?


The answer is 2.206.

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1 solution

Karan Chatrath
May 21, 2020

Consider any point on the disk with x-coordinate greater than 0.5. Let such a point be r = ( x , y ) \vec{r}=(x,y) . Transformed coordinates as per the guidelines can be computed as such:

r = [ x y ] \vec{r} = \left[\begin{matrix} x \\ y \end{matrix} \right] p = 1 2 [ 1 3 ] \vec{p}= \frac{1}{2}\left[\begin{matrix} 1 \\ \sqrt{3} \end{matrix} \right] R = [ cos π / 4 sin π / 4 sin π / 4 cos π / 4 ] R = \left[\begin{matrix} \cos{\pi/4} & -\sin{\pi/4} \\ \sin{\pi/4} & \cos{\pi/4} \end{matrix} \right]

[ x n y n ] = p + R ( r p ) \left[\begin{matrix} x_n \\ y_n \end{matrix} \right] = \vec{p} + R\left(\vec{r}-\vec{p}\right)

Therefore:

x n = 1 2 + 1 2 ( x 1 2 y + 3 2 ) x_n = \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(x-\frac{1}{2} - y + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)

The moment of inertia of the region of transformed coordinates about the Y-axis can be computed as such:

I t = 0.5 1 1 x 2 1 x 2 x n 2 d y d x I_t = \int_{0.5}^{1} \int_{-\sqrt{1-x^2}}^{\sqrt{1-x^2}}x_n^2 \ dy \ dx

The moment of inertial contribution due to the transformed region left of the line x = 0.5 x = -0.5 is equal to I t I_t due to symmetry. For the rest of the disk, the moment of inertia about the Y-axis is:

I d = 0.5 0.5 1 x 2 1 x 2 x 2 d y d x I_d = \int_{-0.5}^{0.5} \int_{-\sqrt{1-x^2}}^{\sqrt{1-x^2}}x^2 \ dy \ dx

All integrals are outsourced to Wolfram-Alpha. The total moment of inertia of this winged disk is, therefore:

I = I d + 2 I t I = I_d + 2I_t I 2.205546 \boxed{I \approx 2.205546}

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