Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Rotation of a Rigid Body - Exercises and Problems - Page 351: 58

Answer

$ 0.0373\;\rm kg\cdot m^2$

Work Step by Step

We know that the moment of inertia is given by $$I=\int r^2 dm\tag 1$$ We know that the mass is uniformly distributed, so the plate's density is constant. $$\rho=\dfrac{M}{V}=\dfrac{M}{At}$$ where $M$ is the plate's mass, $A$ is its surface area, and $t$ is its thickness. Now we need to choose a small piece of this plate $dm$, as seen in the figure below as a small rectangle. The distance from this small piece $dm$ to the axis of rotation is $r$. This $dm$ is having the same density as the plate and the same thickness but its surface area is too small and is given by $dA=dxdy$. $$\rho =\dfrac{M}{A\color{red}{\bf\not} t}=\dfrac{dm}{dA\cdot\color{red}{\bf\not} t}$$ Hence, $$dm=\dfrac{MdA}{A}=\dfrac{Mdxdy}{A}$$ Plugging into (1); (Noting that we are moving in both directions so we must have two integrations, as seen below); $$I=\int_{y=-0.1}^{y=0.1}\int_{x=0}^{x=0.3} r^2 \dfrac{Mdxdy}{A}$$ $$I=\dfrac{M}{A}\int_{y=-0.1}^{y=0.1}\int_{x=0}^{x=0.3} r^2 dxdy$$ From the geometry in the figure below, we can see that $r^2=x^2+y^2$ $$I=\dfrac{M}{A}\int_{x=0}^{x=0.3}\left[ \int_{y=-0.1}^{y=0.1}(x^2+y^2) dy\right]dx $$ We can see that the upper part of the given plate has a slope of $\frac{1}{3}$ while the lower part has a slope of $\frac{-1}{3}$. Thus, for the upper part $y=\frac{1}{3}x$ and the for the lower part $y=\frac{-1}{3}x$. Hence $\frac{-1}{3}x\leq y\leq \frac{1}{3}x$; $$I=\dfrac{M}{A}\int_{x=0}^{x=0.3}\left[ \color{blue}{ \int_{\frac{-1}{3}x}^{\frac{ 1}{3}x}(x^2+y^2) dy}\right]dx \tag 2$$ Solving the integration between the brackets; $$\int_{\frac{-1}{3}x}^{\frac{ 1}{3}x} (x^2+y^2) dy=x^2y+\dfrac{y^3}{3}\bigg|_{\frac{-1}{3}x}^{\frac{ 1}{3}x} $$ $$=x^2\left[\frac{ 1}{3}x\right]+\dfrac{\left[\frac{ 1}{3}x\right]^3}{3}-\left( x^2\left[\frac{- 1}{3}x\right]+\dfrac{\left[\frac{ -1}{3}x\right]^3}{3}\right)$$ $$=\dfrac{x^3}{3}+\dfrac{x^3}{81}+\dfrac{x^3}{3}+\dfrac{x^3}{81}=\color{blue}{\dfrac{56x^3}{81}}$$ Plugging into (2); $$I=\dfrac{M}{A}\int_{x=0}^{x=0.3}\dfrac{56x^3}{81} dx=\dfrac{56M}{81A}\int_{x=0}^{x=0.3} x^3 dx$$ $$I=\dfrac{56M}{81A}\;\dfrac{x^4}{4}\bigg|_{x=0}^{x=0.3} =\dfrac{14M}{81A}\; x^4 \bigg|_{x=0}^{x=0.3} $$ $$I=\dfrac{14M}{81A}\; (0.3^4-0^4)=\dfrac{0.3^4\times 14\times 0.8}{81\times \frac{1}{2}\times 0.3\times 0.2}$$ $$I=\color{red}{\bf 0.0373}\;\rm kg\cdot m^2$$
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