This book presents a unique approach for studying mechanisms and machines with drawings that were depicted unclearly in ancient Chinese books.
The historical, cultural and technical backgrounds of the mechanisms are explained, and various mechanisms described and illustrated in ancient books are introduced. By utilizing the idea for the conceptual design of modern mechanisms, all feasible designs of ancient mechanisms with uncertain members and joints that meet the technical standards of the subjects time periods are synthesized systematically. Ancient Chinese crossbows (the original crossbow and repeating crossbows), textile mechanisms (silk-reeling mechanism, spinning mechanisms, and looms), and many other artisan's tool mechanisms are used as illustrated examples. Such an approach provides a logical method for the reconstruction designs of ancient mechanisms with uncertain structures. It also provides an innovative direction for researchers to further identify the original structures of mechanisms and machines with drawings in ancient literature.
This book can be used as a textbook and/or supplemental reading material for courses related to history of ancient (Chinese) machinery and creative mechanism design for senior and graduate students.
This book presents a unique approach for studying mechanisms and machines that were depicted unclearly in ancient Chinese texts. It uses illustrated examples to detail how ancient mechanisms with uncertain structures can be reconstructed.
Preface.- Books.- 2.1 Nong Shuby Wang Zhen () (AD 1313).- 2.1.1
Contents.- 2.1.2 Contents.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Mechanisms with Illustrations
in Ancient Historical Background.- 2.2 Wu Bei Zhiby Mao Yuan-yi ()
(AD 1621).- 2.2.1 Contents.- 2.2.2 Historical Background.- 2.3 Tian Gong Kai
Wuby Song Ying-xing () (AD 1637).- 2.3.1 Contents.- 2.3.2 Historical
Background.- 2.4 Nong Zheng Quan Shuby Xu Guang-qi () (AD 1639).-
2.4.1 Contents.- 2.4.2 Historical Background.- 2.5 Qin Ding Shou Shi Tong
Kaoby Ortai, et al () (AD 1742).- 2.5.1 Contents.- 2.5.2
Historical Background.- 3 Mechanisms and Machines.- 3.1 Basic Definitions.-
3.2 Mechanical Members.- 3.3 Joints.- 3.4 Representation of Joints.- 3.5
Mechanism Sketch.- 3.6 Mechanisms and Generalized Kinematic Chains.- 3.7
Constrained Motion.- 3.7.1 Planar mechanisms.- 3.7.2 Spatial mechanisms.- 3.8
Summary.- 4 Ancient Chinese Machinery.- 4.1 Historical Development.- 4.2
Linkage Mechanisms.- 4.3 Cam Mechanisms.- 4.4 Gear Mechanisms.- 4.5 Rope
Drives.- 4.6 Chain Drives.- 4.7 Summary.- 5 Reconstruction Design
Methodology.- 5.1 Classification of Ancient Mechanisms with Illustrations.-
5.2 Reconstruction Design Methodology.- 5.3 Examples of Reconstruction
Designs.- 5.3.1 Example 1 - Shui Long (, a water-driven mill).- 5.3.2
Example 2 - Tie Nian Cao (, an iron roller).- 5.3.3 Example 3 - Yang Shan
(, a winnowing device).- 5.4 Summary.- 6 Roller Devices.- 6.1 Soil
Preparation Devices.- 6.2 Harvest and Transportation Devices.- 6.3 Grain
Processing Devices.- 6.4 Water Lifting Devices.- 6.5 War Weapons.- 6.6 Other
Devices.- 6.7 Summary.- 7 Linkage Mechanisms.- 7.1 Levers.- 7.2 Pumping
Tubes.- 7.3 Grain Processing Devices.- 7.4 Other Devices.- 7.5 Summary.- 8
Gear and Cam Mechanisms.- 8.1 Agricultural Devices with Gears.- 8.2 Water
Lifting Devices with Gears.- 8.3 Cam Mechanisms.- 8.4 Summary.- 9 Flexible
Connecting Mechanisms.- 9.1 Grain Processing Devices.- 9.2 Water Lifting
Devices.- 9.3 Handiwork Devices.- 9.4 Textile Devices.- 9.5 Summary.- 10
Crossbows.- 10.1 Historical Development.- 10.2 Structural Analysis.- 10.3
Original Crossbow.- 10.4 Chu State Repeating Crossbow.- 10.5 Zhuge Repeating
Crossbow.- 10.5.1 With Movable Magazine.- 10.5.2 foot-operated silk-reeling
mechanism).- 11.2 Fang Che (, a spinning device).- 11.2.1 Jia Ta With Fixed
Magazine.- 10.6 Summary.- 11 Complex Textile Devices.- 11.1 Shao Che (, a
Fang Che (, a foot-operated spinning device).- 11.2.2 Pi Dai Chuan Dong
Fang Che (, belt drive spinning devices).- 11.3 Xie Zhi Ji (, a
foot-operated slanting loom).- 11.4 Ti Hua Ji (, a drawloom for
pattern-weaving).- 11.5 Summary.- References.- Symbols.- Index.
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