SW500 Wired Scale Systems, Users
Rev E,October, 2016
Page 26 of 36
Center of Gravity
Center of Gravity Examples
The
center of gravity
of an object, such as a car, is the point at which the object will
balance if placed on a pivot point. In the diagram above the weights would represent
the weight applied by two tires of a car. If the two tires were the same weight the center
of gravity would be exactly in the middle. If one tire were heavier the center of gravity
would move toward the heavy tire.
There are three axis on a car: front to back, left to right, and up to down. The center of
gravity on the first two can be determined directly from the weight of each wheel, the up
to down, or vertical, requires that one end of the car be lifted; it is addressed in the next
section.
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