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

Figure 29

Evolution of the approximate solutions of first-order partial derivatives associated with the displacement () and the 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).