ECOR 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Centroid, Sport Utility Vehicle, Resultant Force

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Students will: understand the concepts of center of gravity, center of mass, and centroid, be able to determine the location of these points for a system of particles or a body. In the case of designing the structure for supporting a large water tank, these concepts can prove to be very useful. We will need to know the weights of the tank and water, as well as the locations where the resultant force representing these distributed loads are acting. Concerns about suv cars tipping over on sharp turns are also direct applications with these concepts. One of the important factors in determining its stability is the suv"s centre of mass. The center of gravity (g) is a point which locates the. In the figure to the right, the individual particles are. The individual moments about a and b is equal to the resultant moment about g.

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