History of Tribology in Ancient Northeast Asia - The Japanese Sledge and the Chinese Chariot -

There are a lot of tribological technologies in the sledge and the carriage. The origin of the sledge and the carriage can be seen in the Sumerian pictographic script excavated from the temple of Inanna in Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sledges gradually evolved over time, from sledges that moved on rol...

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Autores principales: Yorikazu Shimotsuma, Masanori Ogata, Takeshi Nakatsuji, Yasumi Ozawa
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f7d507a6e83643bca35981296a1ead812021-11-05T09:26:02ZHistory of Tribology in Ancient Northeast Asia - The Japanese Sledge and the Chinese Chariot -1881-219810.2474/trol.6.174https://doaj.org/article/f7d507a6e83643bca35981296a1ead812011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/trol/6/3/6_3_174/_pdf/-char/enhttps://doaj.org/toc/1881-2198There are a lot of tribological technologies in the sledge and the carriage. The origin of the sledge and the carriage can be seen in the Sumerian pictographic script excavated from the temple of Inanna in Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sledges gradually evolved over time, from sledges that moved on rollers, to more advanced carriages with wheel such as war chariots, two-wheeled carts and four-wheeled wagons. In this paper, the Japanese sledges and Chinese chariots in ancient Northeast Asia are discussed from a viewpoint of the history of tribology. In ancient Japan, heavy items such as giant trees or stones were transported by the Shura which is a Y-shaped or a V-shaped wooden sledge. The coefficient of rolling friction was obtained by a transport experiment using a manufactured Shura. In ancient China, various types of ancient Chinese chariots with one axle and two wheels were excavated at several archaeological sites. The world's first cast iron products were made in ancient China around 500 B.C. The ancient Chinese chariots had been developed by using cast iron axle bearings. It can be seen from these results that excellent tribological technology existed in ancient Japanese sledges and ancient Chinese chariots.Yorikazu ShimotsumaMasanori OgataTakeshi NakatsujiYasumi OzawaJapanese Society of Tribologistsarticletribologyhistory of tribologyhistory of science and technologysledgechariotcarriageancient japanancient chinaPhysicsQC1-999Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040Mechanical engineering and machineryTJ1-1570ChemistryQD1-999ENTribology Online, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp 174-179 (2011)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic tribology
history of tribology
history of science and technology
sledge
chariot
carriage
ancient japan
ancient china
Physics
QC1-999
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
Chemistry
QD1-999
spellingShingle tribology
history of tribology
history of science and technology
sledge
chariot
carriage
ancient japan
ancient china
Physics
QC1-999
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TA1-2040
Mechanical engineering and machinery
TJ1-1570
Chemistry
QD1-999
Yorikazu Shimotsuma
Masanori Ogata
Takeshi Nakatsuji
Yasumi Ozawa
History of Tribology in Ancient Northeast Asia - The Japanese Sledge and the Chinese Chariot -
description There are a lot of tribological technologies in the sledge and the carriage. The origin of the sledge and the carriage can be seen in the Sumerian pictographic script excavated from the temple of Inanna in Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sledges gradually evolved over time, from sledges that moved on rollers, to more advanced carriages with wheel such as war chariots, two-wheeled carts and four-wheeled wagons. In this paper, the Japanese sledges and Chinese chariots in ancient Northeast Asia are discussed from a viewpoint of the history of tribology. In ancient Japan, heavy items such as giant trees or stones were transported by the Shura which is a Y-shaped or a V-shaped wooden sledge. The coefficient of rolling friction was obtained by a transport experiment using a manufactured Shura. In ancient China, various types of ancient Chinese chariots with one axle and two wheels were excavated at several archaeological sites. The world's first cast iron products were made in ancient China around 500 B.C. The ancient Chinese chariots had been developed by using cast iron axle bearings. It can be seen from these results that excellent tribological technology existed in ancient Japanese sledges and ancient Chinese chariots.
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author Yorikazu Shimotsuma
Masanori Ogata
Takeshi Nakatsuji
Yasumi Ozawa
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Takeshi Nakatsuji
Yasumi Ozawa
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title History of Tribology in Ancient Northeast Asia - The Japanese Sledge and the Chinese Chariot -
title_short History of Tribology in Ancient Northeast Asia - The Japanese Sledge and the Chinese Chariot -
title_full History of Tribology in Ancient Northeast Asia - The Japanese Sledge and the Chinese Chariot -
title_fullStr History of Tribology in Ancient Northeast Asia - The Japanese Sledge and the Chinese Chariot -
title_full_unstemmed History of Tribology in Ancient Northeast Asia - The Japanese Sledge and the Chinese Chariot -
title_sort history of tribology in ancient northeast asia - the japanese sledge and the chinese chariot -
publisher Japanese Society of Tribologists
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