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Grade 12th passMechanics

4 identical rods of mass m and length l are arrange as square calculate moment of inertia about an any rod which is in the plane

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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7 Years ago
Assume the mass of all rods to be concentrated at their respective COM.
From any one rod the distance of the COM of the two perpendicular rods will be L/2 while that of the COM of parallel rod will be L
MI=∑mr2=​M(L/2)2+ M(L/2)2+ML2=3/2ML2