Research Article

Application of Base Force Element Method on Complementary Energy Principle to Rock Mechanics Problems

Table 1

Displacement at the top of the pillar.

MeshesBFEM model (×10−2 m)Q4 model (×10−2 m)Q4R model (×10−2 m)

10 × 10−1.1939−1.1917−1.2048
10 × 20−1.1940−1.1931−1.1964
10 × 30 −1.1940−1.1934−1.1940