COSMOS: Complete Online Solutions Manual Organization System

Chapter 5, Solution 10.

First, determine the location of the centroid. From Fig. 5.8A:

y2 = 2 sin 2 r2 3 2

= Similarly Then y1 = yA =

2 cos r2 3 2 2 cos r1 3 2

A2 =

( 2 ) r22

)
A1 =

2 cos ! r2 3 # 2

( 2 ) r12
(

2 r ( 2 ) r22 " $ 3 1

cos ! # 2

( 2 ) r12 " $

and

2 3 r2 r13 cos 3 % & % & A = ' ( r22 ' ( r12 )2 * )2 * =

% & = ' ( r22 r12 2 ) * Y A = yA

Now

!% " 2 3 & Y +' ( r22 r12 , = r2 r13 cos * #) 2 $ 3

Y =

2 r23 r13 cos 3 r22 r12 2

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies.

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Using Figure 5.8B, Y of an arc of radius

1 ( r1 + r2 ) is 2
Y =

sin 1 ( r1 + r2 ) 2 2 2

)
(1)

1 cos (r1 + r2 ) 2 2

Now

( r2 r1 ) r22 + r1 r2 + r12 r23 r13 = r22 r12 ( r2 r1 )( r2 + r1 )

= r22 + r1 r2 + r12 r2 + r1

Let

r2 = r + r1 = r

Then

r =

1 ( r1 + r2 ) 2
2 2

and

( r + ) + ( r + )( r ) + ( r ) r23 r13 = 2 2 r2 r1 (r + ) + (r )
= 3r 2 + 2 2r

In the limit as 0 (i.e., r1 = r2 ), then

r23 r13 3 = r 2 2 2 r2 r1 =
3 1 (r1 + r2 ) 2 2 or Y =
1 cos ! ( r1 + r2 ) 2 2

so that
Which agrees with Eq. (1).

Y =

2 3 cos ( r1 + r2 ) 3 4 2

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics and Dynamics, 8/e, Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot R. Eisenberg, William E. Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip J. Cornwell 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies.