“Lecture notes on”

UNIT- 4
CENTROID ,CENTRE OF GRAVITY AND MOMENT OF INERTIA
Part-I ( THEORY)
(BT-204) (ENGINEERING MECHANICS)

(Exclusively for A-1 (CS) & A-4 (IT))

By

Dr.Yogesh Dewang
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Bhopal
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) (MANIT, Bhopal)
M.Tech (Stress & Vibration Analysis) (MANIT, Bhopal)
B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) (RGPV, Bhopal)
E-Mail Id: yogeshd@lnct.ac.in
Skype Id: yogesh.dewang1
Mobile No: 09179829930
 CENTER OF MASS AND CENTER OF GRAVITY
• Consider a uniform rod of length L. When the rod is placed horizontally, each
particle of the rod is pulled by the gravitational force of the earth. The sum of all
three forces will be equal to the total weight of the rod.
• Consider two systems: One is the rod AB of weight W and other is a concentrated
weight W, at a distance 1/3 L from point A.

•These two systems are equivalent as far as the net gravitational pull is concerned, but
the moment of the gravitational forces of the two systems about point A is different.
 CENTER OF MASS AND CENTER OF GRAVITY
• If a concentrated weight of W is put at a distance of 1/2 L from point A, then the
moment of gravitational pull in uniform rod as well as the new system will be same.

•In this case, not only the weight but the first moment of an element of a quantity
about an origin is defined d as the product of its position vector with the element
physical quantity itself.
•With the concept of first moment, we define the centroid centre of mass and centre of
gravity.
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CENTER OF MASS AND CENTER OF GRAVITY
CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS FOR A SYSTEM OF PARTICLES
CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS FOR A SYSTEM OF PARTICLES
CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS FOR A SYSTEM OF PARTICLES
CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS FOR A SYSTEM OF PARTICLES
CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS FOR A SYSTEM OF PARTICLES
CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS FOR A SYSTEM OF PARTICLES
CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS FOR A SYSTEM OF PARTICLES
CENTER OF GRAVITY AND CENTER OF MASS FOR A SYSTEM OF PARTICLES
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
EXAMPLE
COMPOSITE BODIES
COMPOSITE BODIES
COMPOSITE BODIES
COMPOSITE BODIES
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
DEFINITION OF MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR AREAS
DEFINITION OF MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR AREAS
DEFINITION OF MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR AREAS
PARALLEL AXIS THEOREM FOR AN AREA
PARALLEL AXIS THEOREM FOR AN AREA
PARALLEL AXIS THEOREM FOR AN AREA
RADIUS OF GYRATION OF AN AREA
EXAMPLE
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR COMPOSITE AREAS
MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR COMPOSITE AREAS
EXAMPLE
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
PRODUCT OF INERTIA FOR AN AREA
PRODUCT OF INERTIA FOR AN AREA
EXAMPLE
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
SOLUTION
MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR AN AREA ABOUT
INCLINED AXES
MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR AN AREA ABOUT
INCLINED AXES
MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR AN AREA ABOUT
INCLINED AXES
MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR AN AREA ABOUT
INCLINED AXES
MOMENTS OF INERTIA FOR AN AREA ABOUT
INCLINED AXES