
International Edition---engineering Mechanics: Statics, 4th Edition
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Author: Andrew Pytel And Jaan Kiusalaas
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Transcribed Image Text:3. In a science fiction story about space exploration an expedition to Mars was
described. The space ship landed in a rocky valley and the astronauts promptly
prepared their vehicle for a trip on the planet's surface. This special vehicle was
designed with big inflated tires. On the very first steep slope the vehicle tipped
over. They did have small steel balls onboard to increase traction. They thought
of suspending a bunch of them beneath the vehicle to lower its center of gravity,
but that would decrease the clearance and cause the weights to strike rocks and
the ground more often
How could it be done?
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In physics, a centre of gravity is an imaginary place in a body of matter where the whole weight of the body may be believed to be concentrated for ease in certain computations. In a homogeneous gravitational field, the centre of gravity is the same as the centre of mass, as physicists prefer to call it.
The centre of gravity is defined as the point in a system or body where the weight is uniformly distributed and all sides are balanced. The centre of a seesaw is an example of a centre of gravity.
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