Mechanical analysis of historical crossbows

Wang, Zhe-Ran; Zhang, Yang; Lin, Chieh-Ya; Hsiao, Kuo-Hung

doi:10.5194/ms-17-359-2026

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Mechanical analysis of historical crossbows

Zhe-Ran Wang, Yang Zhang, Chieh-Ya Lin, and Kuo-Hung Hsiao

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