Relativerigidity of twisted fishing gear

The article touches upon the problem of physical modeling of fishing twisted filamentary materials, in particular, the justification of the rules of similarity of relative longitudinal, bending and torsional stiffness of filamentary parts. The formulation of the problem is associated with the difficulties of conducting full-scale experiments for designing new fishing gear, as well as with the lack of systematic experiments on measuring the stiffness of synthetic cordage. In connection with this, it becomes necessary to conduct model experiments related to physical modeling of dynamic processes occurring with the cordage under load. There has been calculated the coefficient of proportionality of bending stiffness that determines the ability of filamentary parts and cordage to resist bending. There have been given the formulas that determine the combination of the ratio of bending stiffness to longitudinal stiffness and the dimensionless combination of the ratio of bend-ing stiffness to torsional stiffness. The study allows to predict the behavior and basic properties (di-ameter, density, strength, elongation, etc.) of modern synthetic filamentous fishing gear at the stage of their creation (design).