Things To Remember

Material from every Semester and subject

ENGINEERING MECHANICS
CENTROID!
Thecentroidorgeometric center or weighted

average positionof aplane figure.

If a physical object has uniform density, then

its center of mass is the same as the centroid

of its shape.
If a physical object has uniform density, then

its center of mass is the same as the centroid

of its shape.

TRUSSES
SIGN CONVENTIONS USED :

Positive sign is used for tension.

Negative sign is used for compression.
Clockwise moment ( )is taken positive and anticlockwise moment ( ) is taken as negative.

Theory of Dry Friction

The sequence of decisions in evaluating the friction

force & angle of friction is summarized in the Fig

9.8:

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