In the present work, considerations about viscoelastic cosntitutive models and their formulations are introduced. A theory of unidimensionail structures embeded in the tri-dimensional space is presented in a differential formula, allowing the analysis of problems in the large deformations point of view. A linear viscoelastic consitutive law is adopted in a differential representation. Three plane problems which characterize the application of the proposed model are solved: 1) Straight cantilever subjected, at the free end, to a compressive non follower force. The direction of this force coincides with the longitudinal axis of the beam at the undeformed configuration; 2) Curved bean with fixed supports at the ends, under uniform charge. 3) Straight cantilaver subjected at the free end to a cyclic force, perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the beam at the undeformed confiquration. In the two first problems; the quasistatic hypothesis is adopted the inertial influence being considered only at the third problems, where a comparative study between the elastic and the viscoelastic models is carried out. The numerical methods for the solution in the quasistatic viscoelastic cases are proposed - based in a coupling between the shooting method (Runge-Kutta of fourth order/Steffensen) for the spatial problem and the Modified Euler Method for the temporal evolution - as well as for the solution of the dynamical case - employing an approximation by finite differences for the evaluations of the velocities and accelerations.