Structural analysis of traditional Chinese complex puzzle locks

Abstract The development of barbed-spring locks in ancient China has a history of more than 2000 years. With the development of the design and manufacturing techniques in ancient China, the safety of locks has gotten better and better. Since the seventeenth century, the puzzle lock, with a complicat...

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Main Authors: Kan Shi, Ming Jie Wang, Yang Zhang, Kuo Hung Hsiao, Yan An Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15326-z