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The swinging counterweight trebuchet. On internal friction
E Horsdal
Mechanical energy is lost to friction during a shot with a trebuchet. The losses are mainly due to sliding friction at the bearings for the throwing arm and at the hinge for the sw…
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The swinging counterweight trebuchet. Experiments on inner movement and ranges
Erik Horsdal, Filip Drejer Johansen, Jonas Rasmussen
The inner movement of a trebuchet with swinging counterweight was measured inside a laboratory by the use of rotation sensors to determine angular coordinates for beam, counterweig…