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9.2 1111examples PDF
9.2 1111examples PDF
9.2 1111examples PDF
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Due to symmetry, we only have to find y and so I am
only going to consider the right of the wire. I will break it up into the following
4 pieces.
piece L (in) ~
y (in) ~
y L (in2)
5 0 0
8 4 32
5 9.5 47.5
3 9.5 28.5
21 108
_ 108
y = 21 5.14 in. (using the coordinate system shown in the problem)
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Example 2: Locate the centroid (x, y , z ) of the wire.
I will use the coordinate system shown in the problem and break the wire into 4 pieces.
L (inches)
~
x ~
y ~
z ~
xL ~
yL ~
zL
(inches) (in) (in) (in) (in2) (in2) (in2)
4 0 8/ 0 0 32 0
6 -4 0 3 -24 0 18
4 -2 0 6 -8 0 24
_ -17.578 _ 32 _ 63.633
x 29.777 -0.590 y 29.777 1.07 z 29.777 2.14
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Example 3: Locate the center of mass z of the assembly. The hemisphere and
the cone are made from materials having densities of 8 Mg/m3 and 4 Mg/m3 ,
respectively.
It appears that the coordinate system is located such that the origin is at the lowest point on
the hemisphere. I am going to use a different coordinate system, one that has z = 0 located in
the plane joining the cone and hemisphere (100 mm above the coordinate system shown).
Note that it is not necessary to change the units to make them match, since they are going to
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divide out (i.e. cancel), leaving us only with the units for z .
~ ~
Volume mass z (mass) z
(mm3) (Mg/m3) [Mg(mm3/m3)] mm Mg (mm4/m3)
2 16 -300
3 (100)
3 3
hemisphere 8 3 (100) 8 -2(100)4
1 300
3 (300)(100)
2
cone 4 4(100)3 4 3(100)4
28
Totals 3 (100)
3
(100)4
_ (100)4 300
z= 28 3
= 28 10.7 mm, or in the original coordinate system of the
3 (100)
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problem, z 111 mm.
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Example 4: Locate the center of gravity (x, y , z ) of the assembly. The
triangular and the rectangular blocks are made from materials having specific
weights of 0.25 lb/in3 and 0.1 lb/in3 , respectively.
V W
~
x ~
y ~
z ~
xW ~
yW ~
zW
(in3) 3
(lb/in ) (lb) (in) (in) (in) in-lb in-lb in-lb
Triangular
27
Piece (0.5)(4.5)(3) 0.25 16 1.5 0.5 4 2.53125 0.84375 6.75
81
Block (3)(4.5)(6) 0.10 10 2.25 3 1.5 18.225 24.3 12.15
2 - 21
Hole 3 -0.10 15 2.25 3.5 8 -0.47124 -0.73304 -0.54978
_ 20.28501
x 9.57806 2.12 in
_ 24.41071
y 9.57806 2.55 in
_ 18.35022
z 9.57806 1.92 in