A New Iterative Numerical Continuation Technique for Approximating the Solutions of Scalar Nonlinear Equations

Figure 28

Evolution of the residue error of the function (), the approximation error of displacement (), and mechanical load () obtained with the new iterative numerical continuation algorithm (red line; see (26)–(30) with ) for Example 3 with the parameters and and for different values of the parameter : (i) (red solid line with upward-pointing triangles); (ii) (red dotted line with pentagrams); (iii) (red dash-dot line with plus signs); (iv) (red dashed line with crosses).