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

Table 4

Relative percentage error of maximum deflection of clamped-clamped beam.

		𝛼𝐿
		1	5	10	20	30	40
QEM	1Q5.17DOF	0.0205	0.3513	0.4922	0.1474	0.0024	0.0404
	1Q8.26DOF	0.0000	0.0003	0.0063	0.0230	0.0180	0.0080
	1Q12.38DOF	0.0000	0.0000	0.0001	0.0022	0.0052	0.0070
FEM	4F8.20DOF	0.0031	1.0009	4.8362	11.4867	15.7132	18.4493
	8F8.36DOF	0.0008	0.2397	1.0726	2.2468	2.9022	3.3890
	4F10.28DOF	0.0002	0.0601	0.2198	0.2666	0.2029	0.1503
	8F10.52DOF	0.0000	0.0049	0.0211	0.0394	0.0413	0.0375
	2F16.28DOF	0.0000	0.0000	0.0018	0.0180	0.0318	0.0357
	4F16.52DOF	0.0000	0.0000	0.0002	0.0026	0.0060	0.0083