Research Article
Application of Base Force Element Method on Complementary Energy Principle to Rock Mechanics Problems
Table 4
Stress
at center of the elements at bottom of the pillar.
| Meshes | BFEM (kPa) | Q4 model (kPa) | Q4R model (kPa) |
| 10 × 10 | −244.194 | −242.945 | −244.349 | 10 × 20 | −262.976 | −260.116 | −263.387 | 10 × 30 | −272.102 | −268.002 | −272.552 |
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