Research Article
A Conforming Triangular Plane Element with Rotational Degrees of Freedom
Table 2
Deflections (m) of the central point
in different mesh scheme.
| Element | Mesh | 2 × 2 | 4 × 4 | 8 × 8 | 16 × 16 | 32 × 32 | 64 × 64 |
| CST | 11.99 | 18.28 | 22.02 | 23.41 | / | / | GT9 | 20.08 | 22.71 | 23.61 | 23.87 | 23.94 | 23.96 | GT9M | 20.36 | 22.80 | 23.63 | 23.88 | 23.94 | 23.96 | TR3 | 19.66 | 22.46 | 23.47 | 23.81 | 23.92 | 23.95 |
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