Saturday, October 25, 2014

Chapt 5 overview + additional resources










Center of Mass Youtubes:

Just for fun - MIT Physics Demo -- Center of Mass Trajectory

Centroid

Kahn Academy - Center of Mass

Finding resultants of distributed beam loading conditions.

 Fluid Mechanics: Introduction to Forces on Planar and Submerged Surfaces

Fluid Mechanics: Forces on Curved Surfaces: Example 1


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8EQ8uYMB88 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-adMiG0hyBM


centroid of the volume obtained by rotating the shaded area about the x-axis




Quiz:

1.  Locate the centroid of the plane area (similar to problems 5.1-5.16)
2.  For a given Distributed load, find a) the magnitude and location of the resultant, b) reactions at supports.  (similar to problems 5.66-5.95)
3.)  Locate the center of gravity for a 3D object (similar to problems 5.96-5.121)
Extra Credit: Locate the centroid of a volume created by rotating an area about an axis. (similar to problems 5.125-5.129)

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Saturday, October 11, 2014

5.6-5.7 Centroids by integration & Pappus-Guldinus




Example:  Find the centroid of a triangle:













https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg79PFCV2m8





I want this to be a statics class, not a math class, so you can use:


Example:

Volume of Sphere from rotating semicircle around axis.

Use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_centroids

(Circumference of a circle = 2*Pi*r)






Surface area of sphere:

5.8b:








Examples:




HW:



y=x=9a/20
x=(2/5)L, y=(12/25)h


V=31.91

Chapter 5.1-5.5: Distributed Forces: Centroids and Centers of Gravity



wiki list of centroids:


centroids:










 








5.2: Start in 2D


Divide plate into n small elements, each with weight "W".
element n = 1 (x1, y1)
element n = 2 (x2, y2) etc.
Total weight:


Moments about x and y axis:

 or: 





Center of Gravity of a wire:

** Center of gravity "G" is not usually located on the wire.





Similar to:


Just divide above by thickness and specific weight:

Centroid of an Area
Define coordinates for the center of gravity of a homogeneous plate:



For homogeneous wire:






5.4  First Moments of Areas and Lines



Symmetrical objects:









5.5  Composite Plates and Wires










 1st moment of composite area:

Pay attention to your signs!

Probs 5.1-5.33

Examples:
Find the centroids of the areas:










HW Problems:

x=19.27, y=26.6

x=92, y=23.3
x=3.2, y=2.0

56.7°