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What is the difference between the centre of pressure and the centroid?
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[QUOTE="haruspex, post: 6032789, member: 334404"] Not representative pressure, no. As Chestermiller posts, a "representative" [B][I]force[/I][/B] acts at the centre of pressure, in the sense that if you were to insert a rigid plate in that vertical plane and apply the right force at that point then equilibrium would be achieved against the forces on the other side of the plate. If by "representative pressure" you mean total force divided by area then that equals the pressure to be found at the centroid. [/QUOTE]
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