Polar moment of inertia about central axis of a semi-circular lamina with radius R is given as ______.

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  1. \( \frac{\pi R^4}{8} \)
  2. \(\frac{\pi R^4}{2} \)
  3. \( \frac{\pi R^4}{16} \)
  4. \(\frac{\pi R^4}{4}\)

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Option 4 : \(\frac{\pi R^4}{4}\)
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Explanation:

The polar moment of inertia (J) about the central axis for a semi-circular lamina is calculated from the formula for a full circle and then taking half of it since the semi-circle is half of a full circle.

For a full circular lamina (disk) of radius (R), the polar moment of inertia (J) about the central axis is given by the formula :\( J_{\text{full circle}} = \frac{1}{2} \pi R^4 \)

For a semi-circular lamina, we take half of this value: \( J_{\text{semi-circle}} = \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{2} \pi R^4 = \frac{\pi R^4}{4} \)

 

Additional Information

The formula of the moment of inertia for various other figures is given below.

Moment of inertia of different section:

Shape of cross-section

INA

Ymax

Z

Rectangle

\(I = \frac{{b{d^3}}}{{12}}\)

\({Y_{max}} = \frac{d}{2}\)

\(Z = \frac{{b{d^2}}}{6}\)

Circular

\(I = \frac{π }{{64}}{D^4}\)

\({Y_{max}} = \frac{d}{2}\)

\(Z = \frac{π }{{32}}{D^3}\)

Triangular

\(I = \frac{{B{h^3}}}{{36}}\)

\({Y_{max}} = \frac{{2h}}{3}\)

\(Z = \frac{{B{h^2}}}{{24}}\)

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