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Grade 12th passMechanics

moment of interia of solid cylinder about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its geometrical axis

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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8 Years ago
Its mr2/2.We can compress the cylinder along the axis such that it becomes a disc but mass distribution remains same. And we can easily derive that I of disc is mr2/2 about symeetric axis perpendicular to its plane.