Curved Line: In general, the centroid of a curved line is not located on the line itself but at some distance away. In this case, integral equations are used to determine the position of the centroid as
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(2) |
where dl is the differential line segment (element), and x y z are the centroidal coordinates ("moment arms") of the differential element. In this case also we are free to choose any coordinate system that simplifies the integrations in Eq. (2).