Moment of inertia of a cylinder of mass m , length L and radius R about an axis passing through its centre…

Moment of inertia of a cylinder of mass m, length L and radius R about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder is I=MR24+L212. If such a cylinder is to be made for a given mass of a material, the ratio LR for it to have minimum possible I is:
  1. 23
  2. 32
  3. 32
  4. 23

Solution

Let a cylinder of mass m1, length L and radius R then take elementary disc of radius R and trickiness dx at distance of x from axis OO' then moment of inertia about OO' as this element

dl=dmR24+dmx2

I=dl=dmR24+n=L/2n=-L/2MLdx×x2

I=MR24+ML212

I=M4×VπL+ML212

dIdL=-mV4πL2+M×2L12=0

    V=23πL3        πR2L=23πL3        LR=32I=MV4πL+ML212

Asked in: JEE Main 2020 (03 Sep Shift 1)

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