Bahir Dar Institute of Technology – Bahir Dar University

Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering

Structural Engineering Chair
Strength of Materials Assigned Date: 22/10/2021
Individual Assignment 1 (10 Pts.) Due Date: 01/11/2021

1. For a plane figure shown below

a) Locate the centroid of the area with respect to co-ordinate axes (OX-OY).
b) Find the moment of inertia of the area about the centroidal XX and YY axis
c) Find the moment of inertia of the area about the co-ordinate axes (moment
of inertia about axis OX and moment of inertia about axis OY)
d) Find the polar moment of inertia of the area
[All dimensions are in mm]

2. Determine the force in each member of the loaded truss consisting of the three
equilateral triangles as shown in the following figure.

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