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Grade 11Mechanics

the moment of inertia of a uniform rod of length 2l and mass m about an axis xx passing thro' it's center and inclined at an angle alpha is

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15 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Ritvik Gautam
15 Years ago

we know that the moment of inertia of a uniform rod is

ml2 sinΘ/12

 

so here length is 2l and Θ=α

substituting, we get..

 

4ml2 sin2 α/12

 

==> ml2sin2 α/3