{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Chapter 4 Centroid Centre of mass and Centre of Gravity" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Example 4.8 Centroid of a composite plane figure" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "The centroid of the un equal I-section is 10.961538 cm \n", "\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Initilization of variables\n", "b1=20 #cm # width of top flange\n", "t1=5 #cm # thickness of top flange\n", "b2=5 #cm # width of web\n", "t2=15 #cm # thickness or height of the web\n", "b3=30 #cm # width of bottom flange\n", "t3=5 #cm # thickness of bottom flange\n", "# Calculations\n", "A1=b1*t1 #cm**2 # area of bottom flange\n", "A2=b2*t2 #cm**2 # area of the web\n", "A3=b3*t3 #cm**2 # area of top flange\n", "y1=t3+t2+(t1/2) #cm # y co-ordinate of the centroid of top flange\n", "y2=t3+(t2/2) #cm # y co-ordinate of the centroid of the web\n", "y3=t3/2 #cm # y co-ordinate of the centroid of the bottom flange\n", "y_c=((A1*y1)+(A2*y2)+(A3*y3))/(A1+A2+A3) #cm # where y_c is the centroid of the un-symmetrical I-section\n", "# Results\n", "print('The centroid of the un equal I-section is %f cm \\n'%y_c)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Example 4.9 Centroid of a composite plane figure" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 2, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "The centroid of the cross-sectional area of a Z-section about x-axis is 13.557692 cm \n", "\n", "The centroid of the cross-sectional area of a Z-section about y-axis is 7.692308 cm \n", "\n" ] } ], "source": [ "# Initilization of variables\n", "# The given section is Z-section which is un-symmetrycal about both the axis\n", "b1=20 #cm # width of bottom flange \n", "t1=5 #cm # thickness of the bottom flange\n", "b2=2.5 #cm # thickness of the web of the flange\n", "t2=15 #cm # depth of the web\n", "b3=10 #cm # width of the top flange\n", "t3=2.5 #cm # thickness of the top flange\n", "# Calculations\n", "# Respective areas\n", "A1=b1*t1 # cm**2 # area of the bottom flange\n", "A2=b2*t2 # cm**2 # area of the web\n", "A3=b3*t3 # cm**2 # area of the top-flange\n", "# first we calculate the x co-ordinate of the centroid\n", "x1=b3-b2+(b1/2) #cm # for the bottom flange\n", "x2=b3-(b2/2) #cm # for the web\n", "x3=b3/2 #cm # for the top flange\n", "x_c=((A1*x1)+(A2*x2)+(A3*x3))/(A1+A2+A3) #cm\n", "# secondly we calculate the y co-ordinate of the centroid\n", "y1=t1/2 #cm # for the bottom flange\n", "y2=t1+(t2/2) #cm # for the web\n", "y3=t1+t2+(t3/2) #cm # for the top flange\n", "y_c=((A1*y1)+(A2*y2)+(A3*y3))/(A1+A2+A3) # cm\n", "# Results\n", "print('The centroid of the cross-sectional area of a Z-section about x-axis is %f cm \\n'%x_c)\n", "print('The centroid of the cross-sectional area of a Z-section about y-axis is %f cm \\n'%y_c)" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.5.1" }, "widgets": { "state": {}, "version": "1.1.2" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }