Exercises — Applications — mass, centre of mass, moments of inertia
4.4.22 · D4· Maths › Multivariable Calculus › Applications — mass, centre of mass, moments of inertia
Symbols aane se pehle, char yaad-dilane wali baatein plain words mein:

Figure padho: amber tile mass carry karta hai. Teen cyan/amber segments uske teen lever arms hain — vertical (-axis tak), horizontal (-axis tak), aur slanted (origin tak). Is page ka har algebraic move bas itna hai: "inme se ek arm chuno, use power 0, 1, ya 2 tak uthao, aur saare tiles par add karo." Yahi picture har solution ke peeche hai.
Level 1 — Recognition
Goal: sahi integrand (factor ) pehchano aur limits set up karo, heavy algebra nahi.
L1.1 — se kya multiply hota hai?
Neeche di gayi har quantity ke liye factor likho taaki quantity : (a) mass, (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) , (f) .
Recall Solution
Recipe "" se seedha padho:
- (a) mass → .
- (b) = -axis ke baare mein moment → -axis tak lever arm height hai, first power → .
- (c) = -axis ke baare mein moment → lever arm hai, first power → .
- (d) = -axis ke baare mein inertia → wahi lever arm lekin squared → .
- (e) → .
- (f) = origin ke baare mein inertia → lever arm , squared → .
Notice karo — flat plate ke liye perpendicular-axis theorem (L4.2 mein picture ke saath explain hua hai).
L1.2 — Ek rectangle ka mass set up karo
Ek plate par hai, density ke saath. Uske mass ka double integral likho (evaluate mat karo).
Recall Solution
Tiles mein kaato; har tile ka mass hai. Rectangle par add karo. Limits constant hain kyunki region ek box hai: Bas itna hi L1 maangta hai — yeh pehchanna ki kaunsa factor aur kaunsi limits.
Level 2 — Application
Goal: ek poori double integral evaluate karke number tak pahuncho.
L2.1 — Rectangle ka mass
L1.2 finish karo: compute karo.
Recall Solution
Inner integral ( ko constant maano, mein integrate karo): Inner pehle kyun? Ek fixed vertical strip mein chalti hai, upar se neeche sweep karta hai; hum us strip ko ek number mein collapse karte hain, phir sweep karte hain. Outer integral:
L2.2 — Uniform half-disc ka
Ek uniform () half-disc of radius upper half-plane mein hai: . nikalo.
Recall Solution
Region round hai, isliye polar coordinates natural tool hai (circle ki boundary flat line ban jaati hai). Substitute karo: Upper half ⇒ , se tak; , se tak. Separate kyun hota hai: integrand ek -only piece aur ek -only piece ka product hai rectangular -box par, isliye integrals split ho jaate hain.

Figure padho: amber-shaded region half-disc hai; white curved cell ek polar tile of area hai. Tile ki -axis se upar height hai, isliye uska inertia contribution hai — exactly wahi integrand. Label "theta: 0..pi, r: 0..a" upar use ki sweep limits fix karta hai.
Level 3 — Analysis
Goal: variable density, non-box regions, aur yeh sochna ki kaunsa coordinate better hai.
L3.1 — Linear density wale triangle ka centre of mass
Triangle with vertices ; density . , , aur nikalo. (Recipe box se yaad karo: .)

Figure padho: amber triangle region hai. Slanted cyan edge line hai, isliye fixed ke liye ki top limit hai. Shading upar jaake brighter hoti hai ko picture karne ke liye jo height ke saath badhti hai — yahi reason hai ki balance point geometric middle se upar baithega.
Recall Solution
Region: (slanted line ke neeche, figure mein cyan edge).
Mass (, times ): Inner: . Outer: . Substitution, explained: rakh lo. Tab , yaani . Jab , ; jab , — limits neeche run karti hain. ka minus sign aur downward limits milkar: ek definite integral ki limits palat do to sign palat jaata hai, aur woh flip cancel ho jaata hai, clean upward restore karta hai:
(lever arm times density ): Inner: . Outer wahi ke saath (phir se downward limits ko cancel karta hai):
Centre of mass height (recipe box se use karo): Sanity check: triangle par hai aur density ke saath badhti hai, isliye mass upar jhukti hai — geometric centroid height () se upar baitha hai. Bilkul sahi.
L3.2 — Kaunsi axis "spin karna mushkil" hai?
Uniform rectangle (density ) ke liye, parent note mein , diya hua hai. Recompute kiye bina, ke liye decide karo ki bada hai ya , aur kitne ratio mein.

Figure padho: amber rectangle lamba () aur chhota () hai. Cyan arrows har axis aur mass wahan se kitni door tak pahunchta hai dikhate hain — mass -axis se up to tak door jaata hai lekin -axis ke paas ( up to ) rehta hai. Kyunki inertia distance squared weight karta hai, door ki reach dominate karti hai.
Recall Solution
aur . Inertia badhta hai jitna mass axis se door hota hai. Mass tak phela hai (-axis se door) lekin sirf tak (-axis ke paas). Isliye -axis ke baare mein spin karna mushkil hai: . Lesson: inertia us direction se dominate hoti hai jis direction mein mass door tak jaata hai — kyunki distance squared hoti hai.
Level 4 — Synthesis
Goal: mass, CoM, inertia, aur theorems ek problem mein combine karo.
L4.1 — Variable-density triangle ka full profile
Triangle with (parent's worked example mein , diya tha). Extend karo: aur radius of gyration about the origin nikalo.
Recall Solution
Region: . Origin ke baare mein lever arm squared hai: Integrand expand karo: . Inner integral mein par, likhke (antiderivative phir plug karo): Outer integral mein par. substitute karo aur har term integrate karo. Cleanest way: har term ko ki power mein convert karo swap use karke (so , , limits , aur phir se flipped limits cancel karta hai, deta hai): Har ek Beta-type integral hai . Evaluate karo: Add karo: Radius of gyration: Interpretation: agar saari mass scrape karke origin ke around radius ki ring mein chipka do, to woh real plate jitna hi spin resist karegi.
L4.2 — Perpendicular-axis check
Isi triangle ke liye, kya hai? aur compute karo aur verify karo.

Figure padho: plate -plane mein flat hai (). Har tile ke liye -axis tak distance hai, aur drawn right triangle dikhata hai — do cyan legs - aur -lever-arms hain. Tile-by-tile square aur add karna literally hai. Yahi reason hai ki theorem flat plate ke liye chahiye: sirf jab har tile par ho tab -axis distance reduce hoti hai.
Recall Solution
Region aur ki symmetry se, hai. Isliye sirf ek chahiye. Inner (): Outer par, wahi swap (so ): First term: . Second term: . Tab ✓ Perpendicular-axis theorem hold karta hai — aur karna hi chahiye, kyunki yeh plate flat hai (-plane mein ek lamina). In identities ke geometric cousin ke liye Centroids and the Pappus Theorems dekho.
Level 5 — Mastery
Goal: coordinates choose karo, symmetry exploit karo, aur physics se connect karo.
L5.1 — Non-uniform annular ring
Ek flat ring (annulus) ka inner radius , outer radius hai, aur density radius ke saath badhti hai: . Uska mass aur centre ke baare mein moment of inertia nikalo.

Figure padho: do cyan circles ke beech amber band annulus hai (, full sweep ). White cell ek polar tile of area hai; brighter outer edge baahir ki taraf badhna picture karta hai. mein teen alag 's aayenge: ek se, ek lever-arm-squared se, ek tile ke se.
Recall Solution
Round region + radial density ⇒ polar coordinates decisively win karti hain. se to , se to , . Mass: Inner: . Outer : Moment of inertia (): 's count karo: ek se, ek (lever arm squared) se, ek Jacobian se → . Inner: . Outer :
L5.2 — Inertia se spinning energy tak
L5.1 wali ring apne centre ke baare mein angular speed par spin kar rahi hai. use karke uski rotational kinetic energy nikalo.
Recall Solution
Ek rigid body ki rotational kinetic energy hai — exactly isliye humne mein define kiya: har tile ki speed hai, aur energy sum hokar banti hai. (Poori kahani Rotational Kinetic Energy and Angular Momentum mein.)
Recap ladder
Recall Poore page ke one-line answers
Mass factor ::: ( integrate karo). Moment factor ::: lever arm first power mein ( ya ), sign rakho. Inertia factor ::: lever arm squared (, , ya ), hamesha positive. Centre of mass ::: . Polar area element ::: — kabhi nahi . Perpendicular-axis theorem ::: , sirf flat plates ke liye (saari mass par). Rotational energy ::: .