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CENTER OF GRAVITY
The weight of the body is the sum of the weights of all of its particles.
Finally, imagine that the body is fixed within the coordinate system and
this system is rotated 90 about the y axis. Then the sum of the
moments about the y axis gives
CENTROID OF A VOLUME
CENTROID OF AN AREA
If an area lies in the xy plane and is bounded by the curve y = f (x) , then
its centroid will be in this plane and can be determined from integrals
CENTROID OF A LINE
If a line segment (or rod) lies within the xy plane and it can be
described by a thin curve y = f (x).
COMPOSITE BODIES
APRIL 4.
CLAUDIA VALLES PHD.
Example
Locate the center of mass of the assembly shown in Fig. 918 a . The conical frustum has a
density of rc = 8 Mg>m3, and the hemisphere has a density of rh = 4 Mg>m3. There is a 25mm-radius cylindrical hole in the center of the frustum.