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The exact stiffness matrix is derived for a curved beam element with constant curvature. The plane two-node six degree-of-freedom element is considered in which effects of flexural, axial and shear deformations are taken into account. The analytical shape functions describing radial and tangential displacements as well as cross-section rotations are found in the algebraic-trigonometric form. They...