Assignment -V

1. Determine the centroid of the surface of a right circular cone of altitude h.

2. Determine the cetroid of a hemisphere of radius r, taking the axis of symmetry as the Z axis.
3. A uniform wire is bent into the shape shown in figure. The straight segments lie in the X-Z plane, and the
80mm length makes an angle of 30 with the X axis. The semicircular segment is in the X-Y plane.
Locate the centroid of gravity of the wire.

4. Athin plate of sheet metal is comp0sed of two rectangles and atriangle bent as shown in figure. Ahole
whose area is 1200mm has been cut in the plate. Determine the coordinates of the centre of gravity.
|40 mm,40 mn

30 mm

30 mm

30 m

5. Locate the center of gravity of arivet having a cylindrical body 100mm indiameter and 200mm long
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with a hemispherical head of 10Omm radius. Where z=rfrom the base.

6. A body consists of a right circular cone whose base is 120mm and whose altitude is 160mm. A hole
80mm in diameter and 40mm deep has been drilled from the base. The axis of the hole coincides with the

axis of the cone. Locate the centroid of the net volume. Where x =h

7. Determine the height h of the cylinder mounted on the hemispherical base shown in figure. So that the
composite body will be in stable equilibrium on its base.
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2m

in figure. So that tne

8. Determine the height h of the cylinder mounted on the hemispherical base shown
the body in figure is
composite body will be in stable equilibrium on its base. If the cylindrical portion of
replaced by a right conical portion with a 2m radius base and altitude h.

9. A steel ball is mounted on topof a timber cylinder as shown in figure. Steel weighs 7860kg/m' per cu m
and timber weighs 1580kg/m'. Determine the position of the centre of gravity.

24 m
 0. Determine the product of inertia of an 80mm by 60mm by 1Omm, angle section with respect to centroidal
axes parallel to the legs. Explain the significance of the plus or minus sign of the answer.
11.Determine the product of inertia of an 80mm by 40mm by 1Omm, angle section with respect to centroidal
axes parallel to the legs. Explain the significance of the plus or minus sign of the answer.
12. Find the product of inertia with respect to the specified XY axes for the shaded area of the given figure.

60 mm

30 mm

60 mm

13.Compute the product of inertia of the triangular area shown in figure with respect to the given Xand Y
axes.

90 vn

93 mm

14. Compute the product of inertia of the triangular area shown in figure with respect to centroidal axes
parallel to the given Xand Yaxes. Can this result be used to obtain the answer to the preceding problem?
15.Determine the product of inertia of the shaded triangular area shown in figure with respect to the given X
and Y axes.

6) mm

30 mm
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the
16. Find the product of inertia of the shaded area in figure about the specified Xand Y axes.
axes.

30 umm

30 mIm

60 mm

T7. Determine the product of inertia of the aarter

circular area shown in figure with respect to the given X
and Y axes.

18. Determine the product of inertia of the shaded area shown in figure
with respect to the given X and Y
axes. Where P
 Compute he product of inertia of the shaded area shown in figure with
axes.
respect to the specitied Xand

60 mm

20. For a hollow cast iron sphere of 500mm outside diameter and 400mm inside diameter, compute the
moment of inertia and the radius of gyration with respect to any diameter. Cast iron weighs 7680kg/m'.
21.Asphere of 150mm diameter weighing 9kg is attached to the end of a slender rod 500mm long weighing
4.5kg. The assembly rotates about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing through a point on the rod
which is 25mm from the center of the sphere. Compute the radius of gyration in mm about the specified
axis.

22. Solve the a sphere of 150mm diameter weighing 9kg is attached to the end of a slender rod 500mm long
weighing 4.5kg. The assembly rotates about an axis perpendicular to the rod and passing through a point
on the rod which is 25mm from the center of the sphere. Compute the radius of gyration in mm about the
specified axis. If the specified axis is inclined at 60' with the rod.
23. A uniform steel rod weighing 2kg is bent into the shape as shown in figure. Compute the radius of
gyration about an axis through Operpendicular to the plane of the figure.

30 num

100
mm

24. Three slender rods are pinned together as shown in figure. If the assembly weighs 3kg, find the moments
of inertia about the given X, Yand Z axes. The XZ axes are in the plane of the figure.
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250mm

300 mm

250 mm

B
25. A slender rod weighing 1.8g/mm is bent into the
shane shown in figure. The leg AB is in the XZ plane
and the leg CD is in the XY plane. Compute the
moment of inertia about the X, Yand Z axes.

150 mm
150 mm 150 am
150 mim
26. A model of a
communications satellite consists of a thin walled sphere 0.9m in diameter
with four slender bars, each 0.3m long and weighing 180kg
weighing lkg, protruding from it in a diametral plane as
shown in figure. Compute the mass moment of
inertia with respect to the X, Y andZ axes.

27. A right circular cone made of steel has an altitude of

0.5m and a base diameter of 0.6m. A hole 0.15m
deep and of 0.2m diameter is drilled from the center of the base of
the cone and filled with lead. Lead
weighs 11400kg/m' and steel weighs 7860kg/m'. Determine the mass moment of
inertia of the resulting
solid with respect to its geometric axis.
 petermine the masS moment of inertia of the figure
cast iron flywheel whose cross section is shown in
sith respect of its axis of rotation, The flywhecl has six elliptical spokes 75mm by 100mm in cross
section, which may be
considered as slender rods. Cast iron weighs 7200kg/m'.

50 mm

-250mm -
1.5 m
100nm

50mIm

300 mm
28 by using the
mass moment of inertia of the flywheel described in the question number
29. Compute the
Neglect the hub and consider the flywheel to have three double spokes
following approximate method:
each 1.4m long. the radius of
of inertia about the X axis of the steel link shown in figure. Compute
30. Compute the moment
centroidal axis of the steel link.
gyration in meters about a vertical

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of gyration in
31. The stel casting shown in figure has two semicircular grooves. Determine the radius
meters about the centroidalX axis of the casting.