Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present the analysis and design considerations of a graphite fishing rod. A large displacement and small strain analysis was performed and good agreement was obtained with experimental data. In addition, the following was found: The bending strain distribution of the fishing rod varies with the load level and the point which shows the maximum bending strain travels from the tip to butt area with increasing load. The fracture of the fishing rod occurs at the load when the bending strain reaches the smaller of the material failure strain and the critical buckling strain. By the computer aided design method proposed here, analytical predictions of the fracture load and the fracture location were calculated, and good correlation was obtained with experimental data.
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