Before revision:  The ability of the proposed technique to successfully compute complex equilibrium paths in static structural mechanics problems is demonstrated using five numerical examples involving truss and beam models .
After revision:  The ability of the proposed technique to successfully compute complex equilibrium paths in static structural mechanics problems is demonstrated using five numerical examples involving truss , beam-column and shell models. The computed numerical results are in excellent agreement with the reference solutions. The present approach does not require prohibitively small increments for its success .