CENTROID OF SOME STANDARD GEOMETRIC FIGURES

Following results are obtained by integration which will be explained later. Results for symmetrical
objects like square, circle, cylinder, rectangle, ring etc are omitted. For such cases centroids can be
pre-assumed to be the geometric centre of the body.
        shape c x yc      area
Triangular h/3 bh/2
                                                                    
Semicircular area 0
4r/3
*/2
Quarter circular area

4r/3
4r/3
Circular sector 0
2rsin *r 2

shape x c y c length
Semi-elliptical area
Quarter elliptical area 4b/3

*
4a/3
4b/3

Semi-parabola area 0 3h/5 4ah/3

Quarter parabola
area

3a/8 3h/5 2ah/3

General a(n+1)/ h(n+1)/ ah/n+1
spandrel (n+2) (4n+2)
Arc of a circle rsinα/α 0 2αr
Semicircular wire    0
Quarter circular wire 2r/ *

2r/
2r/