Fishing rods are constructed of carbon fiber materials to precise dimensions. Mechanically it is equivalent to a tapered beam with a major and minor stiffness orientation. Guides are placed along the rod to transfer the line tension to the rod. The placement of the guides influences the deflected shape and stresses in the rod when landing a fish. The challenge is to develop a criteria for optimum placement of the guides to minimize the stress in the rod for a given magnitude of tension and orientation of the rod handle relative to the direction of the line to the fish. The analysis requires the use of large deflection theory and calculations are to be confirmed experimentally using strain gages attached to the rod.

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Creator

• Popieski, Shawn Stephen
• Parker, Erica Leigh

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042915-105227

Advisor

• Cobb, Eben C.
• Hall, John R.

Year

• 2015

Date created

• 2015-04-29

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-11-23