C L DUBEY – EXERCISE – 02 : Simpson’s Rule

July 10, 2018

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= 14.82cm

Q8. The breadths of a bulkhead, at 3.0m intervals from the top, are : 19.2, 18.0, 17.1, 16.2, 14.4, 12.0, 9.3 and 6.0 m. Find the distance of its geometric cente from the top. (use Simpson’s I Rule for first five ordinates and II rule for remaining ordinates).

Solution –

Ordinate	SM	Product	Lever	moment
19.2	1	19.2	0h	0
18.0	4	72.0	3h	216
17.1	2	34.2	6h	205.2
16.2	4	64.8	9h	583.2
14.4	1	14.4	12h	172.8
		SOP = 204.6		SOM = 1179.2h

SSR 05

Moment = 3/3 ⨯ 1179.2
= 1179.2

Area = 3/3 ⨯ 204.6
= 204.6

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Sandeep Singh says:

August 16, 2019 at 4:11 pm

Give me your email id, i will send the answer to question no. 5 and 6 of exercise 2 (simpson’s rule) so that u may upload and update the article…

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C L DUBEY – EXERCISE – 02 : Simpson’s Rule

= 14.82cm

Q8. The breadths of a bulkhead, at 3.0m intervals from the top, are : 19.2, 18.0, 17.1, 16.2, 14.4, 12.0, 9.3 and 6.0 m. Find the distance of its geometric cente from the top. (use Simpson’s I Rule for first five ordinates and II rule for remaining ordinates).

Solution –

Ordinate

SM

Product

Lever

moment