ABSTRACT
The analysis of the stresses and strains in beams and thin rods is a subject of great interest with many practical applications in the study of the strength of materials. The geometry associated with problems of this type determines the specific type of solution. There are cases where small strains are accom panied by large displacements, flexion and torsion in relatively simple struc tures being the most relevant examples. Problems of this type were solved for the elastic case by Saint Venant in the nineteenth century. The flexion of viscoelastic beams and the torsion of viscoelastic rods are studied in this chapter.
