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Chapter 5 3
Center and centroids
Mass of particles
1 n 1 n 1 n n
xC xi mi yC yi mi zC zi mi m mi
m i m i m i i
Continuous mass
1 1 1
xG x dm yG y dm zG z dm m dm
m m m
Continuous volumes
1 1 1
xC x dV yC y dV zC z dV V dV
V V V
Continuous areas
1 1 1
xC x dA yC y dA zC z dA A dA
A A A
1 1 1
xC
L x dL yC
L y dL zC
L z dL L dL
dA = differential element = b dy
x
dA hdx h y2 y1 b b
x
b1
a a
dx
dA
h
x=a
x=0
dA
M y s x dA xdA
dA q a
x
x
xhdx bx1
dx
0 0 a
a
1 1 2 5/ 2 1 1 2 5/ 2 1
b x2 x b a 2 a ba 2
2 a5 0 2 a 5 10
xC
xdA
a 2b / 10
0.3a
dA ab / 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Centroid of an area Getting the 1st moment of
area about x axis - Mx
M x y1 y2 dA
1
2
2
The centroid of the
rectangular element dA
is [ x, (y1+y2)/2]
1
(y1+y2)/2 y1
x
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Centroid of an area Getting the 1st moment of area
about x axis (Mx) and the y coordinate of the centroid
Mx ab 2 / 4
yC 0.75b
dA ab / 3
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Problem 5-79: Centroid?
dAv
xc, yc=x, y/2
dAv
xc, yc=x, y/2
dAv
xc, yc=x, y/2
120mm
120mm 160/
Area 3 4r/3
Area 2
4r/3
60mm
See Table 5-1
60mm Department of Mechanical Engineering
Calculation of the centroid relative to O
The magnitude
L
R dR w( x)dx
0
The location
L
R1 R3
R2
1
R1 2.300 300 N
2 1.33 300 5 1800 9.33 600
R2 6.300 1800 N
d
300 1800 600
R3
1
4.300 600 N 5.56m
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering
Continuous distributed load
x
y wmax sin
2L
w=y
1 1
L
x
L L
x d xw( x)dx wmax x sin dx
R w( x)dx wmax sin dx R R0 2L
0 0
2L L
wmax 4 L2 x 2 L x
2 Lwmax x
L
2 Lwmax 2 sin x cos
cos 0.637 wmax L R 2L 2L 0
2 L 0
0.637
Department
L of Mechanical Engineering
Summary
Moment about a point O is given by a vector product;
~ ~ ~
Mo r F
The magnitude of the moment is
~
M o M o M o M ox M oy M oz
2 2 2
Moment analysis:
Scalar approach
Vector approach
Moment about a line OB
Mo = r x F Moment about point O
MOB = [(r x F) . e] e Moment about line OB