Moment of Inertia of Wind Turbines

[okivrak]

Can anyone help me about how to calculate the moment of inertia of an object?

In my case, I want to find the moment of inertia of a 1.4 MW wind turbine rotating parts (high & low sped shafts, gearbox, generator rotor).

Thank you.

 

[redtrumpet]

Mass moments of inertia should be easily found in any mechanical engineering textbook dealing with dynamics. The one used in my engineering curriculum was Statics and Dynamics by J.L. Meriam.

 

[jbartos]

Suggestion: There are several moments of inertia definitions and there are also moments of inertia calculated for basic geometric figures, and they are listed in tables. E.g. see reference:
Schaum's Outline Series "Theory and Problems of Engineering Mechanics," 3rd edition, by Mc Lean and Nelson (McGraw-Hill Book Company).
Chapter 16 Mass Moments of Inertia
Ix=integral of (y**2 + z**2)dm
Iy=
Iz=
Jo=integral of ro**2 dm = Ix+Iy
etc.......