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The Figure Shown Is Made From A Piece of Thin, Homogeneous Wire. Determine The Location of Its Center of Gravity

The document discusses the theorems of Pappus-Guldinus, which relate to surfaces and bodies of revolution. It defines a surface of revolution as a surface generated by rotating a plane curve about a fixed axis, and a body of revolution as a body generated by rotating a plane area about a fixed axis. It provides two theorems: 1) The area of a surface of revolution equals the length of the generating curve times the distance traveled by its centroid. 2) The volume of a body of revolution equals the generating area times the distance traveled by its centroid. It includes an example problem to determine the area of a quarter-circular surface of revolution.

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The Figure Shown Is Made From A Piece of Thin, Homogeneous Wire. Determine The Location of Its Center of Gravity

The document discusses the theorems of Pappus-Guldinus, which relate to surfaces and bodies of revolution. It defines a surface of revolution as a surface generated by rotating a plane curve about a fixed axis, and a body of revolution as a body generated by rotating a plane area about a fixed axis. It provides two theorems: 1) The area of a surface of revolution equals the length of the generating curve times the distance traveled by its centroid. 2) The volume of a body of revolution equals the generating area times the distance traveled by its centroid. It includes an example problem to determine the area of a quarter-circular surface of revolution.

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The figure shown is made from a piece of thin, homogeneous wire.

Determine the location of its center of gravity.


A uniform semicircular rod of weight W and radius r is attached to a pin
at A and rests against a frictionless surface at B. Determine the reactions
at A and B.
THEOREMS OF PAPPUS-GULDINUS
These theorems, which were first formulated by the Greek geometer Pappus during the third century
A.D. and later restated by the Swiss mathematician Guldinus, or Guldin, (1577–1643) deal with
surfaces and bodies of revolution.

A surface of revolution is a surface which can be generated by rotating a plane curve about a fixed axis.

The surface of a sphere can be


obtained by rotating a semicircular
arc ABC about the diameter AC,
the surface of a cone can be
produced by rotating a straight line
AB about an axis AC, and the
surface of a torus or ring can be
generated by rotating the
circumference of a circle about a
nonintersecting axis.
A body of revolution is a body which can be generated by rotating a plane area about a fixed axis. As
shown in the following figure, a sphere, a cone, and a torus can each be generated by rotating the
appropriate shape about the indicated axis.
Theorem 1.
The area of a surface of revolution is equal to the length of the generating curve
times the distance traveled by the centroid of the curve while the surface is being
generated.
Theorem II
The volume of a body of revolution is equal to the generating area times the distance
traveled by the centroid of the area while the body is being generated.
Assignment 7
Determine the area of the surface of revolution shown, which is obtained by
rotating a quarter-circular arc about a vertical axis.

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