On the mechanics of the bow and arrow

DOI10.1007/BF00052515zbMATH Open0459.73051OpenAlexW2168301597MaRDI QIDQ1152247FDOQ1152247

Authors: B. W. Kooi 

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00052515

zbMATH Keywords

dynamicsfinite-difference methodbow and arrownon-linear initial-boundary-value problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N30) Free motion of a rigid body (70E15) Vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H45) Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Hamilton's principle (70H25)

Cites Work

• On the large amplitude oscillations of a thin elastic beam
• On the static deformation of a bow
• Non-linear vibrations of non-unifo with concentrated masses

Cited In (3)

• The Hatra ballista: a secret weapon of the past?
• On the mechanics of the modern working-recurve bow
• The static deformation of the asymmetric Japanese bow: modelling bow asymmetries with the elastica theory

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