Rotation-free isogeometric dynamic analysis of an arbitrarily curved plane Bernoulli-Euler beam

A novel rotation-free isogeometric formulation of in-plane dynamic analysis of an arbitrarily curved Bernoulli-Euler beam in the convective frame of reference is presented. The driving force behind the present study has been the development of the NURBS-based element which enables an elegant framework of in-plane vibrations of arbitrarily curved Bernoulli-Euler beams, being a function only of the global Cartesian coordinates. Due to the fact...