The centre of gravity of a cylinder lies ________

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ISRO VSSC Technician-B (Fitter) Official Paper (Held On: 14 July 2021)

Answer 1

Explanation:

Centre of gravity of a cylinder:

Centre of gravity is the point at which the whole body can be balanced, called a balancing point or it is the point at which the whole weight of the body is concentrated.
For a uniform, regular structure the center of gravity will be at its body center, that is the middle of the cylinder.
For a cylinder, the center of the body will be at the center of its axis.
So the center of gravity also will be at the mid-point on the axis of the cylinder.
Centre of gravity (CG) is the point at which the distributed weight of a body gets balanced.
The balancing point of a solid object is fixed, but that of a flexible body may change accordingly.
Distribution of weight at each point in a body determines the center of gravity.
It can be calculated using the moments at each point of distribution and total weight.
The moments at each point will be equal to the product of the weight and distance of the point from the center of the body axis.