Isogeometric analysis of hyperelastic Timoshenko beams under large deformation and incompressibility constraints

This article investigates the nonlinear analysis of hyperelastic planar curved beams based on the total Lagrangian Timoshenko theory. The fully incompressible neo-Hookean model has been selected as the constitutive relation to accurately capture large deformations. The nonlinear equations and boundary conditions derived from the virtual work principle are solved using the Newton–Raphson method. Employing isogeometric analysis with NURBS functions to discretize the unknown kinematics, including displacements and rotation, and the linearized governing equations. The study accounts for conservative and non-conservative forces, validating results against available experimental and numerical results reported in the literature, confirming the proposed formulation's effectiveness and precision.