Chapter 9
‐ ӯ) of the area.
1. Locate the centroid (x,
2. The steel plate is 0.3 m thick and has a mass density of 7850 kg/m3.
‐ ӯ).
a) Determine the location of its center of mass (x,
b) Find the reaction at the pin A and roller support B.
‐ ӯ) of the shaded area. set a = 3, h = 1 and n = 2.
3. Locate the centroid (x,
4. Locate the centroid ӯ of the beam's cross-section area.
5. a) Determine the location ӯ of the centroidal axis x-x of the
beam's cross-sectional area.
b) Determine the location ӯ of the center of mass if the beam
has mass per unit length ρ = 12 kg/m and the disk has the
mass per area ρ = 25 kg/m2.
6. Determine the location ӯ of the centroid of the beam's cross-section area.
Chapter 10
1. Determine the moment of inertia Ix and Iy of the beam's cross-sectional area about the
centroidal x and y axes.
2. Continue problem 6 in chapter 9. Determine the moment of inertia Ix of the cross-sectional
area about the centroidal x and y axes.
3. Determine the moment of inertia of area Ix.
a) Find the centriod of area y‐ and calculate Ix about
centroidal x' axis.
b) Find the Ix about x axis.
x
4. The pendulum consists of two slender rods AB and OC which have a mass of 3 kg/m. The thin
plate has a mass of 12 kg/m2.
a) Determine the location ӯ of the center of mass G of the pendulum,
then calculate the mass moment of inertia of the pendulum about z
axis passing through G.
b) Calculate the mass moment of inertia about z axis passing the
rotation center O.