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5.4 First Moments of Areas and Lines

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Shape x y Area

h h bh
Triangular area C 3 2
y
b b
2 2

Quarter-circular 4r 4r r2
area 3 3 4
C C
r
y
Semicircular area O 4r r2
O 0
x 3 2

Quarter-elliptical 4a 4b  ab
area 3 3 4
C C b
y
O 4b  ab
Semielliptical O
x a 0
area 3 2

Semiparabolic a 3a 3h 2 ah
area 8 5 3
C C h
y
Parabolic area O 3h 4 ah
0
O 5 3
x a

a
y = kx 2
Parabolic spandrel 3a 3h ah
h
C 4 10 3
y
O
x

y = kxn n+1 n+1 ah

General spandrel h a h
n+2 4n + 2 n+1
C y
O
x

r
2r sin α
Circular sector a 0 αr2
3α
O a C

x

Fig. 5.8A Centroids of common shapes of areas.