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    This document contains 7 questions for first year mechanical engineering students on locating centroids and centers of gravity for various plane areas and wire figures through direct integration. The areas include basic shapes like rectangles and triangles as well as composite shapes. Students are asked to find the centroid and center of gravity locations and express their answers in terms of given variables like a, b, and h that define the shape dimensions.

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    This document contains 7 questions for first year mechanical engineering students on locating centroids and centers of gravity for various plane areas and wire figures through direct integration. The areas include basic shapes like rectangles and triangles as well as composite shapes. Students are asked to find the centroid and center of gravity locations and express their answers in terms of given variables like a, b, and h that define the shape dimensions.

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    Faculty of Engineering First Year Students

    Mechanical Eng Dep. Mechanics of Machines


    Distributed Forces: Centroids and Center of Gravity

    Q1) A thin, homogeneous wire is bent to form the perimeter of the figure indicated.
    Locate the center of gravity of the wire figure thus formed.

    Dr. Eman Sayed, Fall 2023. Page 1 of 5


    Q2) Locate the centroid of the plane area shown.

    Dr. Eman Sayed, Fall 2023. Page 2 of 5


    Q3) Locate the centroid of the plane area shown.

    Q4) The horizontal x-axis is drawn through the centroid C of the area shown, and it divides the
    area into two component areas A1 and A2. Determine the first moment of each component area
    with respect to the x-axis, and explain the results obtained.

    Dr. Eman Sayed, Fall 2023. Page 3 of 5


    Q5) Determine by direct integration the centroid of the area shown. Express your answer in terms of a
    and h.

    Dr. Eman Sayed, Fall 2023. Page 4 of 5


    Q6) Determine by direct integration the centroid of the area shown. Express your answer
    in terms of a and b.

    Q7) Determine by direct integration the centroid of the area shown.

    Dr. Eman Sayed, Fall 2023. Page 5 of 5

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