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ABDUR RAHMAN UNIVERSITY CHENNAI 48

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
GEB 1211 BASIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS
TUTORIAL QUESTIONS MODULE 4

1. Locate the centroid of the plane area shown in fig.1 and fig. 2.

Figure 1

Figure 2

2. Determine the location of the centroidal axis of the beams cross-sectional area as
shown in fig.2 and figure 3.

Figure 3

Figure 4

3. Determine the location of the centroid of the beams cross sectional area as shown
below. Neglect the size of the corner welds at A and B for the calculation.

Figure 5

Figure 6

4. Determine the moment of inertia of the shaded area with respect to the centroidal x and y
axis as shown in fig.7 and fig. 8.

Figure 7

Take a = 40 mm
Figure 8

5. Determine the moments of inertia with respect to centroidal x and y axis for the
plane figures shown in fig. 9 and fig.10.

Figure 9

6.

Figure 10

Determine the product of inertia for the beams cross sectional shown below.

Small Questions
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Define centroid and centre of gravity.

Define moment of inertia.
Define radius of gyration.
What is meant by parallel axis theorem?
Define perpendicular axis theorem.
What is meant by polar moment of inertia?