A Conforming Triangular Plane Element with Rotational Degrees of Freedom

Table 1

Deflection /m of the cantilever beam subjected to .

Element	Mesh
	2 × 2	2 × 4	2 × 8	2 × 16
CST	0.0128	0.0489	0.1654	0.4058
GT9	0.1045	0.3156	0.6371	0.8510
GT9M	0.1049	0.3191	0.6504	0.8692
TR3	0.9906	0.9903	0.9911	0.9961