TABLE I 



Coefficients of Inertia for Prolate Sphferoid 



a/b 



Translation 



Translation 



k' 

 Rotation about 





"end on" 



"broadside on" 



Minor Axis 



1.00 



0.500 



0.500 







1.50 



0.305 



0.621 



0.094 



2.00 



0.209 



0.702 







240 



2.51 



0.156 



0.763 







367 



2.99 



0.122 



0.803 







465 



3.99 



0.082 



0.860 







608 



4.99 



0.059 



0.895 







701 



6.01 



0.045 



0.918 







764 



6.97 



0.036 



0.933 







805 



8.01 



0.029 



0.945 







840 



9.02 



0.024 



0.954 







865 



9.97 



0.021 



0.960 







883 



- 







1.000 



1 



000 



(2) Translation "edge on" or perpendicular to axis: 



.2 2 2^° 



T^ — pnai^ {/2 



3 2-fi^ 



M = — pn ah^ , k-kr, o q ' 



3 ^ "~Po 



(3) Rotation about axis perpendicular to axis of symmetry: 



1 4 



2 15 ^ ^ ' 



k = k'^ 



(&2-a2) (ao-/^o) 



See Table 11, in which k^ and k^ are from Reference (102). 



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