The use of smart and advanced composite materials instead of conventional metals is foreseen in material sciences due to the development of novel manufacturing techniques. In this regard, a novel type of composite materials "functionally graded materials (FGM)" has attained great attention owing to their intrinsic mechanical characteristics. FGM have been the focus for researchers for analytical formulation, static structural (large deformation, material nonlinearity) analysis as well as for dynamic analysis on simple beams and on structure having non-uniform tapered rectangular profile considering different boundary conditions. No focus is made to thin structure having non-uniform circular cross-sections. This study aims to deal with analyzing the "dynamic behavior of thin circular non-uniform truncated conical section" which is mostly used for manufacturing of fishing rod. This works primarily compares the static, modal, and harmonic analysis under the application of loads of 50 N acting on fishing rod made up of conventional steel, composite (carbon fiber) steel, and functionally graded material (FGM) with the help of ANSYS®. Firstly, static analysis performed to analyze the structural behavior under the application of static loadings. After that modal analysis performed and first five modes selected for Steel; from 0 to 600 Hz, for Carbon Fiber; from 0 to 850 Hz and for FGM; from 0 to 900 Hz for harmonic analysis. Maximum defection at resonance for steel is 7.94 mm, for composite is 74.4 mm, and for FGM is just 0.032 mm. The comparison of these results clearly depicts that FGM is having excellent vibration suppression performance as compared to other two materials under consideration. This confirms that thin structure (non-uniform circular profile) made of FGM can be used efficiently for the intended applications in future.
Keywords: Functionally graded materials; composite materials; factor of safety; harmonic response; modal analysis.