Statics C4.

3 Centroid of
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Composite Bodies
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Often, many bodies with complex geometries
can be broken down into simple shapes, of
C4: Centre of Mass, Centroids, Moment which the centroids are easy to locate. Take a
of Inertia look at the I-section below for example:
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centreofmass-centroids-
momentofinertia/overview)
4.1 Centre of Mass
4.2 Centroids
4.3 Centroid of Composite Bodies
- Theory
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centreofmass-centroids- We can get the centroid of the complex
momentofinertia/C4.3-centroid-of-
composite body by utilising the individual
composite-bodies/theory)
- Example
centroids of the simple geometries it is made up
of, via the
(http://www.engineeringcorecourses.com/statics/C4- following formula:
centreofmass-centroids-
momentofinertia/C4.3-centroid-of-
composite-bodies/example)
- Question 1
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centreofmass-centroids-
momentofinertia/C4.3-centroid-of-
composite-bodies/question1)
- Question 2
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centreofmass-centroids-
momentofinertia/C4.3-centroid-of-
composite-bodies/question2)
- Question 3
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centreofmass-centroids-
momentofinertia/C4.3-centroid-of-
composite-bodies/question3)
4.4 Moment of Inertia
4.5 Parallel-Axis Theorem

Look’s complicated? Don’t worry as we’ll be

looking at an example soon. One last thing to
note, it is important to set a reference axis for
the x̄′ and ȳ′ of the individual simple
geometries, for consistency.
 Let’s look at an example
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momentofinertia/C4.3-centroid-of-composite-
bodies/example) now.

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