“…Baghani et al, 2014;Bickford, 1982;Carrera et al, 2012;Dong et al, 2013;Ghosh et al, 2013;Kang, 2014;Li, 2014;Miranda et al, 2013;Pradhan and Chakraverty, 2014;Reddy, 1984;Salamat-talab et al, 2012;Sarkar and Ganguli, 2013;Thai and Vo, 2012;Timoshenko, 1921;Vlasov, 1961;Wang et al, 2000), (ii) large displacements but infinitesimally small strains (e.g. Chen, 2010;Chen and Hung, 2014;Freno and Cizmas, 2012;Jang, 2013;Karlson and Leamy, 2013;Lin and Lin, 2011;Monsalve et al, 2007;Nallathambi et al, 2010;Neukirch et al, 2012;Posada et al, 2011;Pulngern et al, 2013;Reddy, 2010;Reddy and Borgi, 2014;Sapountzakis and Mokos, 2008;Tari, 2013); there have been only very few studies on the rods undergoing finite strains (e.g., Dias and Audoly, 2014;Hori and Sasagawa, 2000), considering both of the geometrical and physical nonlinearities, and specially rubber-like rods (e.g. Attard and Hunt, 2008;Dai and Li, 2009;Lacarbonara, 2008;Libai and Simmonds, 1998;Makowski and Stumpf, 1988).…”