Research Article

Application of Base Force Element Method on Complementary Energy Principle to Rock Mechanics Problems

Table 6

Displacement at  m of the pillar top.

MeshesBFEM (×10−2 m)Q4 model (×10−2 m)Q4R model (×10−2 m)

20 × 404.02194.00564.0190
10 × 404.04154.00944.0398
8 × 40 4.05634.01354.0532
6 × 40 4.08914.02394.0863