Static and Vibrational Analysis of Partially Composite Beams Using the Weak-Form Quadrature Element Method

Table 2

Relative percentage error of maximum deflection of cantilever beam.

		𝛼𝐿
		1	5	10	20	30	40
QEM	1Q5.14DOF	0.0039	0.1770	0.1861	0.0953	0.0532	0.0358
	1Q8.26DOF	0.0000	0.0000	0.0001	0.0010	0.0017	0.0042
	1Q12.38DOF	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0024
FEM	4F8.20DOF	0.0310	0.5560	0.8422	1.1587	1.3873	1.5596
	8F8.36DOF	0.0076	0.1361	0.1981	0.2465	0.2768	0.3060
	4F10.28DOF	0.0011	0.0093	0.0140	0.0127	0.0094	0.0093
	8F10.52DOF	0.0001	0.0006	0.0012	0.0018	0.0018	0.0040
	2F16.28DOF	0.0000	0.0001	0.0009	0.0028	0.0032	0.0053
	4F16.52DOF	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0001	0.0003	0.0028