Centroid of Composite Figure

Problem 1: Determine the centroid in the figure shown below.

A 1 X 1+ A 2 X 2+ …+ An X n
x=
A1 + A2 + …+ A n
A1 Y 1+ A 2 Y 2 +…+ A n Y n
y=
A 1+ A 2+ …+ An
2
A1=6 x 4=24 m
5x4
A2= =10 m2
2
X 1 =2m

4 16
X 2 =4 m+ m= m
3 3
Y 1=3 m
 5
Y 2= m
3
A 1 X 1+ A 2 X 2+ …+ An X n
x=
A1 + A2 + …+ A n
16
24(2)+10( )
3
x= =2.98 m
24 +10
5
24 (3)+ 10( )
3
y= =2.61 m
24+10

Problem 2: Determine the centroid in the figure shown below.

b = 100 mm

t = 10 mm

c = 75 mm

A 1 X 1+ A 2 X 2+ …+ An X n
x=
A1 + A2 + …+ A n
A1 Y 1+ A 2 Y 2 +…+ A n Y n
y=
A 1+ A 2+ …+ An
2
A1=100 x 10=1000 m m
2
A2=65 x 10=650 m m
X 1 =5 mm

X 2 =37.5 mm
Y 1=50 mm

Y 2=5 mm

1000 x 5+650 x 37.5

x=
1000+650
x=17.803 mm
1000 x 50+650 x 5
y= =32.273 mm
1000+650