ME 251

Mechanics of Rigid and Deformable Solids

3.00 Credit Hours
Topic: Centroid of a Volume, Centre of Gravity (3D)

Course Teacher:
Md. Imrul Kayes
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, BUET
Email: [email protected]

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 CENTER OF
GRAVITY OF
A
THREE-
DIMENSION
AL BODY

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 CENTROIDS
OF
COMMON
SHAPES AND
VOLUMES

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 CENTROIDS
OF
COMMON
SHAPES AND
VOLUMES

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 COMPOSITE
BODIES

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 DETERMINA
TION OF
CENTROIDS
BY
INTEGRATI
ON

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If the volume under consideration possesses two planes of symmetry, its centroid
must be located on the line of intersection of the two planes. Choosing the x-axis to
lie along this line, we have

DETERMINA
TION OF
CENTROIDS
BY
INTEGRATI
ON

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Determine the location of the center of gravity of the homogeneous body of
revolution shown, which was obtained by joining a hemisphere and a cylinder and
carving out a cone

Problem # 1

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Determine the location of the center of gravity of the homogeneous body of
revolution shown, which was obtained by joining a hemisphere and a cylinder and
carving out a cone

Problem # 1
Solution

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 Locate the center of gravity of the steel machine element shown. The diameter
of each hole is 1 in.

Problem # 2

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 Problem # 2
Solution

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 Determine the location of the centroid of the half-right circular
cone shown.

Problem # 3

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 Problem # 3
Solution

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 For the machine element shown, locate the x, y, and z coordinate
of the center of gravity.

Problem # 4,
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A window awning is fabricated from sheet metal of uniform thickness. Locate the
center of gravity of the awning.

Problem # 6

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An elbow for the duct of a ventilating system is made of sheet metal of uniform
thickness. Locate the centre of gravity of the elbow.

Problem # 7

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 Thank You All as

where
where
∆T∆T

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