Example on location of centre of mass non uniform distribution

Divideroofslabin3parts
withloadingasbelow:

8m

1200kg/m2

Part2

Part
1
2
3

Part1

8m

1000kg/m

10m

Part3

Loading
1200kg/m2
1000kg/m2
1000kg/m2

20m

LetoriginbeAandcoordinatesofCentreofmassbe(X,Y):

X=

(Since,X=

=9.76m

Y=
=4.1m

(Since,Y=

Example on location of Centre of stiffness

5m

5m

5m

5m

10m
20m

InXdirectionthereare3identicalframeslocatedatuniformspacing.Hence,the
YcoordinateofCRislocatedsymmetricallyi.e.at5mfromtheleftbottom
corner.
InYdirectionthereare4identicalframeshavingequallateralstiffness.The
spacingisnotuniform.
K=lateralstiffnessofeachtransverseframe

X=
Y=

=8.75m(Since,X=

=5.0m(Since,Y=