Re: computing the moment of inertia

On Mar 29, 10:06 am, b...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I was just wondering if anyone knows the best way to compute the
moment of inertia of a cube about a given axis.

Thank you.

Maybe this link is helpful.
http://www.geometrictools.com/

I have several of his books and I guess that "Game Physics" will prove
helpful.

In particular:
Rigid Body
Rigid body class.
Wm4RigidBody.h
Wm4RigidBody.cpp
Rough Plane Analysis
GP, Chapter 3: Rigid Body Motion

Fast computation of mass and inertia tensor for rigid polyhedra of
constant density.
Wm4PolyhedralMassProperties.h
Wm4PolyhedralMassProperties.cpp
Polyhedral Mass Properties (Revisited)
GP, Section 2.5.5: Mass and Inertia Tensor of a Solid Polyhedron

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