Radius of Gyration

Consider the whole mass of the body is concentrated to a certain point in a body. Let its distance from 0 – 0 axis be K. Then, it can be written as-

I = mK²

Or,

K = I/ m

Links of Previous Main Topic:-

• Introduction concept of equilibrium of rigid body
• Friction introduction
• Introduction about distributed forces
• Area moments of inertia in rectangular and polar coordinates
• Mass moment of inertia introduction
• Radius of gyration in mass moments of inertia second moment of mass

Links of Next Mechanical Engineering Topics:-

• Transfer of axis
• Mass moment of inertia about x axis y axis z axis
• Work done by force
• Kinematics of particles
• Position vector velocity and acceleration
• Plane kinematics of rigid bodies introduction
• Combined motion of translation and rotation