The Hatra ballista: a secret weapon of the past?

DOI10.1007/s10665-009-9317-8zbMath1193.70019OpenAlexW2094711656MaRDI QIDQ987720

M. J. T. Lewis, Vincent G. Hart

Publication date: 13 August 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-009-9317-8

zbMATH Keywords

theory and experimentcatapultsGreek palintoneranges and mechanical efficiencytorsion springs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics of multibody systems (70E55) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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