Hale, Joseph W. L. (Joseph Woodwell Ledwidge), 1886- · New York [etc.] McGraw-Hill book company · leaf 23
h the plumb line we get line Siai. The point wherelines sa and Si^i cross marks the position of the ^^ centerof gravity^ of the plate, half way between the front andback faces, if the plate is of uniform thickness throughout.The center of gravity of sections made up of a numberof simple sections as… … GRAVITATION 9 figure and the distance of its center of gravity from thechosen axis, then we add these products together anddivide their sum by the sum of the areas of the simplefigures. For example, in the figure shown, the area of rectanglenumber 1 is 2 X 13^^ or 3 sq. in. The area of No. 2 is6 X…
Mechanics, Applied
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