A simple extrapolated predictor for overcoming the starting and tracking issues in the arc-length method for nonlinear structural mechanics

•A simple extrapolated predictor for the arc-length method based on two previous solutions.•Successfully overcomes the well-known starting and tracking issues in the arc-length method.•Negligible computational cost, and no ad hoc parameters.•Successful computation of complex equilibrium paths of non...

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