What is Stability??? Ability to maintain its original position What is Stable??

Able to return to its original position when titled and release (Difficult to topple over) (a) Regular shape Centre of gravity at the middle What is Centre of Gravity (COG) ??? A point which whole weight of the object seem to act

What is Unstable?? It continues to move further than its original position after being tilting and release (Easily to topple over) (a) Irregular shape Centre of gravity not obvious

Factor That Affect Stability??? Centre Of Gravity

Object often balance at centre of gravity COG of flat shape can be determine by finding point of equilibrium

Factor Affecting Stability Location of its centre of gravity The lower the COG, the stable the object Draw out the COG: Improving the Stability of object (a) Lowering the centre of gravity (b) Increase the base area A Stable object has a ________________ centre of gravity and ______________ base area

A Stable o

The shorter object more stable than taller object because shorter object have lower COG

Base area The larger the base area, the stable the object Which of the following is more stable? Applying Principle of Stability (a) Boxer and karate

A Stable

(b) Double Decker bus

(c) Electrical appliances