Polar moment of inertia of a circular area of dia ‘D’ is 

CONCEPT:

• Polar Moment of Inertia is a measure of an object’s capacity to oppose or resist torsion when some amount of torque is applied to it on a specified axis.
• Polar Moment of Inertia also known as the second polar moment of area is a quantity used to describe resistance to torsional deformation.
• It is denoted as Iz or J.

EXPLANATION:

• The moment of inertia for a solid circular shaft with diameter d is

Where Ix-x and Iyy are moments of inertial w.r.t. x-x axis and y-axis respectively.

We know that,

Polar moment of inertia. For objects that have rotational symmetry, such as a cylinder or hollow tube, the equation can be simplified to

⇒ Jz = Ixx + Iyy = 2Ixx = 2Iyy

Important Points Polar moment of inertia of some important sections are as follows: