5-Video for Mohr’s circle of inertia case-1.

Last Updated on July 26, 2026 by Maged kamel

Video for Mohr’s circle of inertia case-1.

The video illustrates the data for case 1 of Mohr’s circle of inertia, where Ix is bigger than Iy and the product of inertia Ixy is positive.

The Timestamps for the video are shown.

0:00 – What are the cases for which Ix is bigger than Iy and Ixy is positive?
1:45 – What is the value of cos 2θP1 to get a maximum or minimum value of Ix?

4:02 – Check Ix and Iy and Ixy for θ=0.

5:07 – Check Ix and Iy and Ixy for θ=Pi/2.

5:57 – How to draw Mohr’s circle of inertia for case 1?

7:02 – Find the radius of the circle and the expressions for Imax and Imin.

8:27 – Find the direction of x and Y in Mohr’s circle of inertia.

10:07 – How to find the mirror points?

11:00 – How to get the normal view directions from Mohr’s circle of inertia?

11:45 – Mohr’s circle in the case where x is a horizontal axis.

For more information on the data in the Video for Mohr’s circle of inertia case 1, refer to post-6-Easy Approach to Mohr’s circle of inertia-First case.

The next video is number#6, a video of a solved problem’s circle of inertia case-1.