Definition
The second moment of area for an arbitrary shape with respect to an arbitrary axis is defined as
where
- = Differential area of the arbitrary shape
- = Distance from the axis BB to dA
For example, when the desired reference axis is the x-axis the second moment of area, (often denoted as ) can be computed in Cartesian coordinates as
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