The Asian war bow
History and Philosophy of Physics
2011-01-11 v1 Popular Physics
Abstract
The bow is one of the earliest complex machines, a prime example of the storage and transfer of energy. The physics of the bow illuminates compromises and design choices made in Asian military archery.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1101.1677,
title = {The Asian war bow},
author = {Timo A. Nieminen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.1677},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
4 pages, 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Melbourne, 2010