• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.219-222
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• 2002

A new designed composite archery bow limbs are developed in this study. The characteristic F-X curve in current recurve archery bow is first studied for a reference. Based on this, a composite archery bow is designed to obtain a higher strain Energy and good vibration performance. Carbon/Epoxy prototype archery bow limbs are made from autoclaving and test on INSTRON 5567 test machine. The experimental results show that the new designed archery bow is powerful and stable.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.55-60
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• 2013

Compound bows use levering systems consisting of cables and cam pulleys to bend limbs that are much stiffer than those of recurve bows, thus storing more energy while requiring less force for the archer to hold the bow at a fully drawn position. Many patents have thus far been proposed to improve the efficiency and performance of compound bows through empirical methods, whereas only a few analytical methods have been proposed. In this light, this paper presents a method for the kinematic analysis of levering systems in compound bows so that a designer can easily predict the effects of changes in the cam profiles and limb materials.