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This paper deals with finite rotations, and finite strains of three-dimensional space-curved elastic beams, under the action of conservative as well as nonconservative type external distributed forces and moments. The plausible deformation hypothesis of “plane sections remaining plane” is invoked. Exact expressions for the curvature, twist, and transverse shear strains are given; as is a consistent set of boundary conditions. General mixed variational principles, corresponding to the stationarity of a functional with respect to the displacement vector, rotation tensor, stress-resultants, stress-couples, and their conjugate strain-measures, are stated for the case when conservative-type external moments act on the beam. The momentum-balance conditions arising out of these functionals, either coincide exactly with, or are equivalent to, those from the “static method”. The incremental variational functionals, governing both the Total and Updated Lagrangian incremental finite element formulations, are given. An example of the case of the buckling of a beam subject to axial compression and non-conservative type axial twisting couple, is presented and discussed.
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Communicated by G. Yagawa, March 2, 1987
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Iura, M., Atluri, S.N. On a consistent theory, and variational formulation of finitely stretched and rotated 3-D space-curved beams. Computational Mechanics 4, 73–88 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00282411
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