  In this research, the size-dependent static behaviour of elastic curved
stubby beams is investigated by Timoshenko kinematics. Stress-driven two-phase
integral elasticity is adopted to model size effects which soften or stiffen
classical local responses. The corresponding governing equations of nonlocal
elasticity are established and discussed, non-classical boundary conditions are
detected and an effective coordinate-free solution procedure is proposed. The
presented mixture approach is elucidated by solving simple curved small-scale
beams of current interest in Nanotechnology. The contributed results could be
useful for design and optimization of modern sensors and actuators.
