VDB 1023

Engineering Mechanics

Tutorial 7:
Geometric Properties of Areas and Solids
(Centre of Gravity)

Do Kyun Kim, Senior Lecturer, Ph.D.

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS, MALAYSIA
Exercise 1
Determine the area and the centroid ( x , y ) of the area.
 Answer

Free body Diagram (FBD)

Cont.
Exercise 2
Determine the centroid y of the shaded area shown below:
 Answer

Free body Diagram (FBD)

Cont.
Exercise 3
Find the centroidal distance y of the composite section shown below:
 Answer

Segment A (mm2) y (mm) yA (mm3)

1 50*200 100 1000000

2 50*400 225 4500000

3 50*200 100 1000000

Sum 40000 6500000

yA 6500000
y 
A 40000
 162.5mm
Exercise 4
Locate the distance y to the centroid of the member’s cross-sectional area.
 Answer

Free body Diagram (FBD)

Cont.
Exercise 5 (Try in tutorial)
Calculate the distance y to the centroid, C of the cross-sectional area.
(Dimensions in mm)

Ans: 22.5mm
 Answer

Free body Diagram (FBD)

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