Four-Node Generalized Conforming Membrane Elements with Drilling DOFs Using Quadrilateral Area Coordinate Methods

Table 5

Results of cantilever with four elements.

Elements	Tip deflections			Normalized values
	Point A	Point B	Average	Point A	Point B	Average
D-type	—	—	0.3065	—	—	0.861
Q4S	—	—	0.2978	—	—	0.837
Groenwold1995	—	—	0.3086	—	—	0.867
GQ12	0.3337	0.3324	0.3331	0.938	0.934	0.936
GQ12M	0.3420	0.3404	0.3412	0.961	0.957	0.959
QAC4θ	0.3523	0.3516	0.3520	0.990	0.988	0.989
QAC4θM	0.3523	0.3516	0.3520	0.990	0.988	0.989
Reference value	0.3558			1.000