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Area Moment of Inertia of a Regular Hexagon about a Centroidal Axis

The second moment of area, also known as the moment of inertia of plane area, area moment of inertia or second area moment, is a geometrical property of an area that reflects how its points are distributed with regard to an arbitrary axis.

The second moment of area for a regular hexagon equals edge length to the fourth power multiplied by a constant factor.

Formula

QuantityVariable["J", "SecondMomentOfArea"] == (5*Sqrt[3]*QuantityVariable["a", "Length"]^4)/16

symbol description physical quantity
J second moment of area "SecondMomentOfArea"
a edge length "Length"

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Examples

Get the resource:

In[1]:=
ResourceObject["Area Moment of Inertia of a Regular Hexagon about a \
Centroidal Axis"]
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Get the formula:

In[2]:=
FormulaData[
 ResourceObject[
  "Area Moment of Inertia of a Regular Hexagon about a Centroidal \
Axis"]]
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Use some values:

In[3]:=
FormulaData[
 ResourceObject[
  "Area Moment of Inertia of a Regular Hexagon about a Centroidal \
Axis"], {QuantityVariable["J","SecondMomentOfArea"] -> 
   Quantity[0.541266`, ("Centimeters")^4]}]
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