Centres of Gravity of a Lamina
We can find the distance of the centre of gravity from a line of a point by taking moments about the point for each part of the lamina. We equate this to the moment of the lamina as a whole and solve the equation to find the distance of the centre of gravity from the axis.
The lamina below has uniform density, so the centre of gravity of P is at the centre of P and the centre of gravity of Q is at the centre of Q.
Taking moments about AB, we can draw up the table:
Section | Distance of centre of gravity from AB | Area | Distance * Area |
P | |||
Q | |||
Lamina |
Taking moments about A'B':
Section | Distance of centre of gravity from A'B' | Area | Distance * Area |
P | |||
Q | |||
Lamina |