Research Article

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

Table 9

Displacement at  m on the right of the pillar.

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

20 × 40−1.5918−1.5878−1.5913
10 × 40−1.5488−1.5412−1.5483
8 × 40 −1.5290−1.51894−1.5284
6 × 40 −1.4983−1.4832−1.4975