by: stan ottolini gabriel halpin patrick labruzzo engr. 45, december 2009
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By: Stan OttoliniGabriel Halpin
Patrick LaBruzzo
Engr. 45, December 2009
Our Group (from left): Patrick LaBruzzo, Stan Ottolini, and Gabriel Halpin
The purpose of this project was to test if the line would break at the manufactured specified rating and to measure and plot the stress vs. strain curve for the fishing line. The type of fishing line that we used was nylon.Fishing Line Brands:Du Pont: Stren Sport Fisher: Eagle ClawZebco: Omniflex Trilene: XL Super StrongTrilene: XT Extra Tough
12 Lb Test Fishing Line
Du Pont: StrenMade in U.S.A.
The break point of the 12 lb test was at 13.3 lbs.Line diameter: 0.0125 inModulus of Elasticity (E) : 561709
14 Lb Test Fishing Line
Sport Fisher: Eagle ClawMade in Brazil
The break point of the 14 lb test was at 12.13 lbs.Line diameter: 0.0135 in.Modulus of Elasticity (E): 451959
15 Lb Test Fishing Line
Zebco: OmniflexMade in China
The break point of the 15 lb test was at 14.33 lbs.Line Diameter: 0.015 inModulus of Elasticity (E): 429428
25 Lb Test Fishing Line
Trilene: XL Super StrongMade in U.S.A.
The break point of the 25 lb test was at 24.26 lbs.Line Diameter: 0.018 inModulus of Elasticity (E): 285522
30 Lb Test Fishing Line
Trilene: XT Extra ToughMade in U.S.A.
The break point of the 30 lb test was at 33.08 lbs.Line Diameter: 0.021 inModulus of Elasticity (E) : 231930
Stress vs. Strain for all Tests
Breaking Points of the fishing lines
Tested strength as a percent of rated strength
Are test showed that only the 30lb Trilene and 12lb Stren had a greater tested strength then they were rated for.
The 14lb Eagle Claw broke almost 14% its rated strength.
The other two, the Zebco Omniflex 15lb, and the Trilene Super Strong 25lb, both broke relatively close to their rated strengths, within 5%.
Heavy Test Fishing Line Setup
Stan and Gabe Preparing
50 lb and 100 lb Test
fishing line while Patrick
organizes his Data Sheet.
50 lb and 100 lb test was
not included in this
presentation.
taken from TackleTour.com
Works CitedFishing line comparison graphs came from
www.tackletour.com
Machinist-materials.com
Nylonhistory.org/index.html
www.abc-of-fishing.net/fishing-lines/types.asp
www.machinedesign.com/BD/materials/bdemat2/bdemat2.29.html
www.engr.utk.edu/mse/pages/Textiles/Nylon%20fibers.html