Q.
Shown in the fig. is a hollow ice-cream cone (it is open at the top). If its mass is M, radius of its top, R and height, H, then its moment of inertia about its axis is :
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a
MR23
b
MR22
c
MR2+H24
d
MH23
answer is B.
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Detailed Solution
From the vertex, along curved surface go to y and take a strip of thickness dyand radius x.Mass of this strip = dm=mass on CSACSA×area of strip⇒dm=MπRR2+H2×2πxdxAlso, from similar triangles, xy=RR2+H2 I= dm x2 =MπRR2+H2 2πx3 dyI=2MRR2+H2×R3R2+H232×y440R2+H2=MR22
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