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yF
Equipment
Center of Pressure Apparatus
(Figure 3.2b)
Weights
(3.1)
Ix x
+ yc
y cA
(3.2)
F=
WL
(y + y F )
(3.3)
Questions
1. In summing moments, why isn't the buoyant
force taken into account in Figure 3.2a?
2. Why isnt the weight of the torus and the
balance arm taken into account?
torus
Ri
yF
Ro
weight
hanger
h
w
FIGURE 3.2a
L
Ri
weight
hanger
torus
yF
Ro
F
w
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