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

Table 7

Relative percentage error of maximum slip of propped cantilever beam.

		𝛼𝐿
		1	5	10	20	30	40
QEM	1Q5.17DOF	0.0001	1.6806	0.7554	5.6241	10.2234	13.1021
	1Q8.26DOF	0.0000	0.0029	0.1323	2.7820	5.0270	5.7604
	1Q12.38DOF	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0665	0.1166	1.0060
FEM	4F8.20DOF	0.0047	3.4691	17.7471	53.4611	79.6958	96.9796
	8F8.36DOF	0.0041	1.0268	4.7829	7.5776	28.6019	49.4699
	4F10.28DOF	0.0147	1.8361	5.9860	9.2331	9.0984	8.3554
	8F10.52DOF	0.0009	0.2300	0.0430	2.5204	7.3871	10.6871
	2F16.28DOF	0.0000	0.0805	1.2552	5.1346	6.6773	6.8502
	4F16.52DOF	0.0000	0.0083	0.0780	0.1981	2.1739	4.7962