Research Article

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

Table 2

Displacement at  m of the pillar.

MeshesBFEM (×10−3 m)Q4 model (×10−3 m)Q4R model (×10−3 m)

10 × 10−8.7592−8.6975−8.8045
10 × 20−8.7630−8.7118−8.6726
10 × 30 −8.7637−8.7149−8.7363