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

Table 3

Relative percentage error of maximum deflection of propped cantilever beam.

		𝛼𝐿
		1	5	10	20	30	40
QEM	1Q5.17DOF	0.0412	0.4503	0.3315	0.0171	0.0397	0.0426
	1Q8.26DOF	0.0000	0.0012	0.0035	0.0068	0.0111	0.0125
	1Q12.38DOF	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0004	0.0010	0.0011
FEM	4F8.20DOF	0.1351	1.2135	3.8055	7.0272	8.9315	10.1849
	8F8.36DOF	0.0120	0.2815	0.8672	1.4473	1.7387	1.9599
	4F10.28DOF	0.1297	0.1400	0.2065	0.2284	0.2079	0.1895
	8F10.52DOF	0.0106	0.0114	0.0178	0.0249	0.0257	0.0243
	2F16.28DOF	0.0003	0.0040	0.0091	0.0230	0.0279	0.0262
	4F16.52DOF	0.0000	0.0000	0.0001	0.0010	0.0022	0.0030