Research Article

Fast Stiffness Matrix Calculation for Nonlinear Finite Element Method

Table 3

The displacements (in m) at green nodes using the linear FEM for the second experiment. The displacements at blue nodes are zero.

Node Displacement- Displacement- Displacement-

0 −3.717 4.208 −0.0394
1 4.738 4.208 −0.04947
2 4.737 −4.245 0.03777
3 −3.716 −4.246 0.04902
20 3.01 −3.547 −0.05429
21 −4.117 −3.548 −0.06143
22 −4.117 3.581 0.04348
23 3.01 3.581 0.05155