ENGINEERING MECHANICS CME 1302

CENTROID (one dimension)

xL   xdL
yL   ydL
dL  dx 2  dy 2
   dx  
 dy  
2 2

dL   1     dx 
dL  1  
or   dy

  dx  
  dy  
2 2
 dy   dx 
xL   x 1    dx and yL   y 1    dy
 dx   dy 
  2 
dy  
2

L   dL   1    1   dx   dy
 
  dx
 dx  
or L  dL     dy  
  
 

x y L

2r 2r r
  2

0 2r r


r sin  0 2r


CENTROID (two dimension)

xA   xdA
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yA   ydA
x y A

b h bh
2 2

b h bh
3 3 2

4r 4r r 2
3 3 4

0 4r r 2
3 2

2r sin  0 r 2
3

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0 4b ab
3 2

4a 4b ab
3 3 4

EXERCISE:

Calculate the centroid for the following object:

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