TUTORIAL 3

ECS208 BASIC SOLID MECHANICS

Learning Outcome

Able to determine the centroid of an area and composite area (rectangular) (CO2:PO1)
Able to compute the moment inertia of a section with respect to any axis using parallel axis
theorem (CO2:PO1)

For all the cross sections given below, a) locate the centroid of the section and b) determine the
corresponding moment of inertia, with respect to the x axis.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)