... a space curve that represents the element centerline. The frame defined by the rotations can differ from the Frenet frame of the space curve defined by the same rotation field and, therefore, such a rotation-based representation can provide measure of twist shear deformations and captures the rotation...

... , B. , 1994 , Applied Nonlinear Dynamics , Wiley , New York . Sheinman , I. , 1980 , “ Dynamic Large Displacement Analysis of Curved Beams Involving Shear Deformation ,” Int. J. Solids Struct. 0020-7683 , 16 , pp. 1037 – 1049 . 10.1016/0020-7683(80)90103-1 Chen , S. H...

...Aki Mikkola; Oleg Dmitrochenko; Marko Matikainen In this study, a procedure to account for transverse shear deformation in the absolute nodal coordinate formulation is presented. In the absolute nodal coordinate formulation, shear deformation is usually defined by employing the slope vectors...

... are compared with previously proposed rectangular finite element and analytical results. plates (structures) shear deformation The description of flexible bodies that experience large deformations in multibody applications is a challenging task that can be accomplished using formulations...

... general Timoshenko beam theory the rigid cross section is permitted to rotate due to the shear deformation, and as a result, the cross section can have an arbitrary rotation with respect to the beam centerline. In more general beam models as the ones based on the absolute nodal coordinate formulation...