Moment of Inertia Calculator

The Moment of Inertia Calculator will calculate:

Moment of Inertia of a bar rotating around its centre
Moment of Inertia of a bar rotating around its end
Moment of Inertia of a cylinder or disc rotating around its axis of symmetry
Moment of Inertia of a cylinder or disc rotating around its central diameter
Moment of Inertia of a ring rotating around its axis of symmetry
Moment of Inertia of a ring rotating around its diameter
Moment of Inertia of a sphere rotating around its diameter
Moment of Inertia of a spherical shell rotating around its diameter
Moment of Inertia of a point object rotating around a given axis

Moment of Inertia Calculator
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Calculator Precision (Decimal Places)
Mass of bar (m_b) kg
Length of bar (L) m
Mass of cylinder or disc (m_C) kg
Radius of cylinder or disc (R_C) m
Height of cylinder (h) m
Mass of ring (m_R) kg
Outer radius of ring (R_R) m
Mass of sphere (m_S) kg
Radius of sphere (R_S) m
Mass of spherical shell (m_Sh) kg
Radius of spherical shell (R_Sh) m
Mass of the point object (m_ob) kg
Distance of the point object from the rotation axis(r) m

Moment of Inertia Calculator Results (detailed calculations and formula below)
Moment of inertia of a bar rotating around its centre calculation
The Moment of inertia of a bar rotating around its centre calculation is kg∙m²
The Moment of Inertia of a bar rotating around its end is kg∙m²
The Moment of Inertia of a cylinder or disc rotating around its axis of symmetry is kg∙m²
The Moment of Inertia of a cylinder or disc rotating around its central diameter is kg∙m²
The Moment of Inertia of a ring rotating around its axis of symmetry is kg∙m²
The Moment of Inertia of a ring rotating around its diameter is kg∙m²
The Moment of Inertia of a sphere rotating around its diameter is kg∙m²
The Moment of Inertia of a spherical shell rotating around its diameter is kg∙m²
The Moment of Inertia of a point object rotating around a given axis is kg∙m²
I = 1/12 × m_b × L² I = 1/12 × × ² I = × × I =
Moment of inertia of a bar rotating around its end calculation
I = 1/3 × m_b × L² I = 1/3 × × ² I = × × I =
Moment of Inertia of a cylinder or disc rotating around its axis of symmetry calculation
I = 1/2 × m_C × R_C² I = 1/2 × × ² I = × × I =
Moment of Inertia of a cylinder or disc rotating around its central diameter calculation
I = 1/4m_C × R_C² + 1/12m_C × h² I = 1/4 × ² + 1/12 × ² I = × × + × × I =
Moment of Inertia of a ring rotating around its axis of symmetry calculation
I = m_R × R_R² I = × ² I = × I =
Moment of Inertia of a ring rotating around its diameter calculation
I = 1/2m_R × R_R² I = 1/2 × ² I = × × I =
Moment of Inertia of a sphere rotating around its diameter calculation
I = 2/5m_S × R_S² I = 2/5 × ² I = × × I =
Moment of Inertia of a spherical shell rotating around its diameter calculation
I = 2/3m_Sh × R_Sh² I = 2/3 × ² I = × × I =
Moment of Inertia of a point object rotating around a given axis calculation
I = m_obj × r² I = × ² I = × I =
Moment Of Inertia Calculator Input Values
Mass of bar (mb) kg
Length of bar (L) m
Mass of cylinder or disc (mC) kg
Radius of cylinder or disc (RC) m
Height of cylinder (h) m
Mass of ring (mR) kg
Outer radius of ring (RR) m
Mass of sphere (mS) kg
Radius of sphere (RS) m
Mass of spherical shell (mSh) kg
Radius of spherical shell (RSh) m
Mass of the point object (mob) kg
Distance of the point object from the rotation axis(r) m

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Discover Physics with free Physics Revision Notes and Physics Calculator: Moment Of Inertia. This image shows the properties and moment of inertia formula for the Moment Of Inertia. This calculator will calculate the Moment of Inertia of a bar rotating around its centre and rotating around its end, a cylinder or disc rotating around its axis of symmetry, a ring rotating around its diameter and more

Moment of Inertia of a bar rotating around its centre Formula and Calculation

I = 1/12 × m_b × L²

Moment of Inertia of a bar rotating around its end Formula and Calculation

I = 1/3 × m_b × L²

Moment of Inertia of a cylinder or disc rotating around its axis of symmetry Formula and Calculation

I = 1/2 × m_C × R_C²

Moment of Inertia of a cylinder or disc rotating around its central diameter Formula and Calculation

I = 1/4m_C × R_C² + 1/m12_C × h²

The Moment of Inertia of a ring rotating around its axis of symmetry Formula and Calculation

I = m_R × R_R²

The Moment of Inertia of a ring rotating around its diameter Formula and Calculation

I = 1/2m_R × R_R²

Moment of Inertia of a sphere rotating around its diameter Formula and Calculation

I = 2/5m_S × R_S²

Moment of Inertia of a spherical shell rotating around its diameter Formula and Calculation

I = 2/3m_Sh × R_Sh²

Moment of Inertia of a point object rotating around a given axis Formula and Calculation

I = m_obj × r²

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