Appendix Q
Moments of Inertia
The table below shows the moments of inertia of several common uniform bodies. A very helpful theorem
to be used in conjunction with this table is theparallel axis theorem, which relates the moment of inertiaIcm
about an axisApassing through the center of mass to the moment of inertiaIabout another axis parallel to
A. If the two rotation axes are separated by a distanceh,then
IDIcmCMh^2 (Q.1)whereMis the mass of the body.