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The magnitude of a moment of inertia cannot generally be calculated. It can, however, be calculated in homogeneous bodies of geometrically defined form. Then the moment of inertia is determined by integral calculus. It can also be calculated for some bodies of uneven density when the latter changes in such a way that the body can be conceived as a steady sequence of homogeneous concentric spherical shells. Then, as shown by Schlömilch, the moments of inertia of bodies of revolution can be reduced to those of spheres or spherical shells of finite thickness.
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Braune W, Fischer O (1984) On the centre of gravity of the human body, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo.
Braune W, Fischer O (1984) On the centre of gravity of the human body, Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo, pp. 22, 23.
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Braune, W., Fischer, O. (1988). Experimental Determination of the Moments of Inertia of the Parts of the Body About Axes Through the Centre of Gravity and at Right Angles to the Longitudinal Axis, and About the Longitudinal Axis Itself. In: Determination of the Moments of Inertia of the Human Body and Its Limbs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11236-6_2
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