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Topic areas
Mechancial engineering
- Centre of gravity
- Forces
- Moments
- Reactions
- Resolving forces on an
inclined plane
Mathematics
- Angles
- Trigonometric identities
Pre-requisites
It may be useful to look at the resource ‘Centre of gravity of composite bodies’ to introduce the concepts of the centre of gravity and tipping.
Problem statement
Many engineered objects, such as buses, boats, diggers, pushchairs, furniture, etc. are required to be resistant to tipping over under normal use conditions. How can an engineer determine when an object will tip over?
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