Abstract A simple, rational approach is presented for developing micropolar beam models for large repetitive beam-like planar lattices with rigid joints. The micropolar beam models have independent microrotation, and displacement fields and are characterized by their strain and kinetic energies, from which the equations of motion and boundary conditions can be derived. The procedure for developing the expression for the strain energy of the micropolar beam involves introducing basic assumptions regarding the variation of the displacement and microrotation components in the plane of the cross-section and obtaining effective elastic coefficients of the continuum in terms of the material properties and geometry of the original lattice structure. The high accuracy of the solutions obtained by the micropolar beam models is demonstrated by means of numerical examples.
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