Centre of Gravity of Sections

with Cut Out Holes

A square hole is punched out of circular lamina, the diagonal of the square being the radius of
the circle as shown in the following figure. Find the center of gravity of the remainder, if r is the
radius of the circle.

As the section is symmetrical about X-X axis, therefore its

center of gravity will lie on this axis. Let A be the point of
reference.
A semicircle of 90 mm radius is cut out from a trapezium as shown in the following figure. Find
the position of the center of gravity of the figure.

As the section is symmetrical about Y-Y

axis, therefore its center of gravity will lie
on this axis.
Now consider two portions of the figure
viz., trapezium ABCD and semicircle EFH.
Let base of the trapezium AB be the axis of
reference.
A frustum of a solid right circular cone has an axial hole of 50 cm diameter as shown in the
following figure. Determine the center of gravity of the body.

As the body is symmetrical about vertical axis, therefore its center of

gravity lie on this axis.
For the sake of simplicity, let us assume a right circular cone OCD,
from which a right circular cone OAB is cut off as shown in the above
figure. Let base of cone CD be the axis of reference.
 Assignment 9
Find the center of gravity of a semicircular section having outer and inner diameters of 200 mm and
160 mm respectively as shown in the following figure.

Ans: 57.5 mm from the base