Research Article

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

Table 7

Displacement at  m on the right of the pillar.

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

20 × 402.08372.0758 2.0830
10 × 402.08162.06672.0815
8 × 40 2.08202.06262.0823
6 × 40 2.08492.05662.0862